On November 12, 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky met with US special envoys Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner at the European Political Community summit in Dublin. The envoys had arrived in Moscow earlier that same day, where they met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for approximately two hours, and before that, had overseen the conclusion of two-day Ukraine-US-Russia negotiations in Abu Dhabi on November 11 that resulted in a large-scale prisoner exchange agreement.
On November 12, Whitkoff and Kushner traveled to Moscow and engaged in a two-hour discussion with President Putin. Separately, the Abu Dhabi negotiations on November 11 yielded a large-scale prisoner exchange agreement, and following those talks, the Ukrainian delegation held follow-up discussions with European representatives in the UAE.
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Jared Kushner has publicly expressed hope that Putin would agree to expand the current format of peace negotiations to include Europe, reflecting an ambition to broaden the diplomatic architecture beyond the immediate parties.
President Zelensky reviewed the outcomes of the Moscow meeting and the Abu Dhabi agreements with the US envoys.
The Dublin meeting served as a debriefing of the day's events. President Zelensky reviewed the outcomes of the Moscow meeting and the Abu Dhabi agreements with the US envoys. Statements from both the US envoys and President Zelensky were expected following the meeting, though confirmation had not yet been provided at the time of reporting.