U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, arrived in Moscow on Thursday morning and planned to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Sina Finance, the envoys were expected to travel to Dublin later Thursday to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, welcomed Witkoff and Kushner at the Moscow airport. Dmitriev has been involved in efforts to improve U.S.-Russia relations since Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.
The two days of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi were the first since February and did not produce a major diplomatic breakthrough. Delegations said they agreed on a new prisoner exchange, which Kushner called the largest since the conflict began, and discussed Ukraine’s security guarantees and broader European security arrangements.