"Before the harsh white glare of the Kremlin reception room came a telling prologue: Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's self-described deal guys, being led by Kremlin officials through the sparkling streets of a festive Moscow. Wasn't it lovely, Vladimir Putin asked later, as both sides sat down to a five-hour negotiation that seems to have led right back to where they started. It's a magnificent city, Witkoff replied. Then the cameras cut out."
"Despite all the pressure on Ukraine to make concessions that Putin would accept, the assurances from the Trump administration that this was the best chance yet for peace, and the boosterism from envoys like Witkoff and Kushner, the Ukraine peace deal has stumbled over an intractable, inevitable obstacle: Putin himself. The road to peace has always led through the Kremlin. That's not a surprise given that it was Putin who launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly four years ago"
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were led by Kremlin officials through Moscow before a five-hour negotiation at the Kremlin. Cameras cut out before closed-door talks. Despite pressure on Ukraine to make concessions, US assurances of a rare peace opportunity, and boosterism from envoys, the Ukraine peace deal stalled on an intractable obstacle: Vladimir Putin. The path to peace requires Kremlin agreement because Putin launched a full-scale invasion nearly four years ago, leaving hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced. The Trump administration focused pressure mainly on Ukraine to extract terms it could offer Putin, and the Kremlin rejected the latest plan.
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