Five hours of talks between Russian President and top U.S. envoys concluded with no agreement on ending the war in Ukraine, Kremlin officials said, dashing hopes for an imminent peace settlement. The U.S. delegation, led by envoy and former real-estate executive Steve Witkoff and joined by Jared Kushner, met with President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Tuesday evening in a push to revive the stalemated negotiations.
While Russian officials described the conversation as "constructive" and "substantive," they acknowledged that the conversations — including discussion of a U.S.-backed peace framework — did not yield a compromise on the core issue: control of Ukrainian territory. The Kremlin signalled that without Russia's territorial demands being accepted, no resolution is possible
