U.S. special envoy Jared Kushner said Russia and Ukraine agreed to bring European representatives into their next peace talks, widening discussions that will address security guarantees alongside the territorial dispute.
In a post on X, Kushner said the talks would cover security guarantees, ways to prevent clashes and mutual steps to reduce tensions. He said broader European security arrangements would not be finalized until Ukraine’s security concerns were addressed and a comprehensive agreement was reached, with humanitarian measures excepted.
After U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday, Kushner and fellow U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, then Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Dublin, Anadolu reported.
Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said Moscow hoped European countries would support work on a new European security architecture and that Russia was ready to begin that work with the United States, Anadolu reported. Ushakov also criticized Europe’s approach to the peace process.
Kushner said officials expected to share the negotiating tracks and schedule soon. He also said the sides were working toward a prisoner exchange he described as the war’s “largest,” a subject in EconoTimes’ earlier coverage of the proposed swap.
