politics
January 23, 2026
Kremlin aide highlights Putin’s 'extremely substantive' meeting with US envoys
TASS has gathered the key information about the meeting
TL;DR
- Meeting between Vladimir Putin, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner lasted about four hours.
- Talks focused on Ukrainian settlement, Gaza peace initiative, Greenland, and bilateral relations.
- A Russia-US-Ukraine working group on security issues will hold its first meeting in Abu Dhabi on January 23.
- Russia reiterated interest in resolving the Ukraine crisis through political and diplomatic means but will continue military operations.
- A Russia-US working group on economic affairs will also meet in Abu Dhabi.
- Discussions touched on using $1 billion from frozen Russian assets for the Board of Peace initiative.
- Both sides agreed to maintain close contact on Ukraine and other issues.