Steve Witkoff

Zelenskyy meets Finnish President Alexander Stubb in Berlin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Finnish President Alexander Stubb in Berlin on Dec. 15.

15 December 2025, 02:09 PM

Zelenskyy floats dropping NATO bid for legally binding guarantees

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reportedly offered to drop Ukraine’s aspiration to join NATO in exchange for robust security guarantees from Western partners, Reuters reported shortly after the first round of peace talks in Berlin on Dec. 14.

15 December 2025, 09:04 AM

Trump envoys pushed Ukraine to surrender Donbas cities for peace

Russia is trying to secure Donbas at the negotiating table after failing to seize it since 2014, seeking control of a line of key defensive cities — Pokrovsk, Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk and Slovyansk — known as Ukraine’s “belt of fortresses,” a goal U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly willing to trade away for peace, the Financial Times reported on Dec. 12.

11 December 2025, 03:55 PM

Umerov, Hnatov head to Europe to brief Zelenskyy on U.S.–Russia talks

Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov and General Staff Chief Andrii Hnatov are heading back to Europe from the U.S. with insights from the Dec. 2 Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening address to the nation on Dec. 7.

8 December 2025, 09:08 AM

Poland excluded from talks on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine

Poland has been excluded from a key London summit where European leaders will discuss U.S. efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, Polsat reported on Dec. 7.

7 December 2025, 04:23 PM

Analyst Reiterovych outlines two possible scenarios for peace talks and the key question that will decide their future

Political analyst Ihor Reiterovych said on Radio NV where negotiations aimed at ending the war currently stand on Dec. 7.

7 December 2025, 03:33 PM

Zelenskyy holds call with Kushner, Vitkoff, top Ukrainian negotiators amid Trump peace plan push

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine and the United States agreed on next steps for peace talks after a lengthy Dec. 6 phone call with Trump envoy Stephen Vitkoff, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, and Gen. Andrii Hnatov.

6 December 2025, 08:53 PM

Zelenskyy will hold talks with European leaders in Britain on Dec. 8

Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the United Kingdom next week for talks with European leaders, he told reporters at a military prayer breakfast, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Dec. 6.

6 December 2025, 06:13 PM

U.S. and Ukraine agree on security framework, State Department says after Dec. 5 meeting

The U.S. State Department has released a press statement confirming that U.S. and Ukrainian officials reached an agreement on the outlines of a security framework during talks held on Dec. 5.

6 December 2025, 05:38 PM

Russia: No new meeting with U.S. envoy in sight

There is currently no set date for the next meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin told Russian propaganda media on Dec. 5.

5 December 2025, 09:38 AM

Umerov and Hnatov to meet U.S. representatives in Florida today

Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov and General Staff Chief Andrii Hnatov will meet with U.S. representatives in Florida on Dec. 4, adviser to the head of Ukraine's President's Office and Ukrainian delegation member Oleksandr Bevz reported on Facebook.

4 December 2025, 08:25 PM

Skepticism grows in West as Ukraine peace talks split into four tracks

Peace talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine remain underway behind closed doors, but skepticism is deepening in Washington and across Europe about whether they will yield a deal, The New York Times reported on Dec. 4.

4 December 2025, 01:30 PM

Russia dismisses key terms of U.S. Ukraine peace proposal

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin admitted he rejected parts of the U.S.-backed peace plan for Ukraine and described his Dec. 2 meeting in Moscow with Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “very useful,” according to an interview with India Today cited by Russian state-run media.

4 December 2025, 10:36 AM

Umerov rushes to U.S. for Witkoff meeting

Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov will arrive in the U.S. on Dec. 4 for a meeting with President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Olha Stefanishyna said, according to public broadcaster Suspilne.

4 December 2025, 08:31 AM

U.S. invites Ukraine to follow-up talks after Witkoff–Putin meeting

The United States has invited a Ukrainian delegation to continue negotiations on the U.S.-backed peace plan in the coming days, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Dec. 3.

3 December 2025, 08:42 PM

Hegseth’d like to see Zelenskyy, Trump and Putin together at a dinner table

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he would like to have President Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy together at a dinner table, he said on Kate Miller’s podcast on Dec. 3.

3 December 2025, 02:52 PM

Witkoff dour in Miami, delighted in Moscow

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff behaves and looks completely differently in front of Ukrainian and Russian delegations, Financial Times journalist Christopher Miller wrote on X on Dec. 2.

3 December 2025, 11:44 AM

Russia will not propose a New Year’s cease-fire on the front lines – Peskov

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia has no plans to propose a New Year’s cease-fire on the front lines, reported by the state-run RIA Novosti news agency on Dec. 3.

3 December 2025, 11:29 AM

Zelenskyy-Witkoff-Kushner meeting called off

A meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Brussels has reportedly been canceled, Alex Raufoglu, Kyiv Post's Chief Correspondent in Washington DC reported on X early on Dec. 3.

3 December 2025, 10:19 AM

Putin shows up late to Witkoff, Kushner meeting

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin arrived several hours late to the Dec. 2 meeting with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and the son-in-law of U.S. President Jared Kushner, Russian outlet Current Time reported the following morning.

3 December 2025, 09:45 AM

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