Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on the 12th that Russia was ready to immediately discuss proposals related to European security with the United States. According to Sina Finance, U.S. negotiators actively supported Vladimir Putin’s proposal for a humanitarian operation in Konstantinovka; Ushakov said Russia was ready to begin demining immediately and would invite journalists from Ukraine, the United States and other countries to take part. The parties are coordinating arrangements for what was described as the largest prisoner-of-war exchange to date.
Putin met in Moscow that day with U.S. special envoy Witkoff and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law. The two-day trilateral talks among Russia, the United States and Ukraine ended in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on the 11th. The sides agreed to a large-scale exchange of prisoners but remained divided on ending the conflict, territorial disputes, security guarantees for Ukraine and Europe’s future security architecture.