Whitcoff And Kushner Flew To Moscow For A Meeting With Putin

• 12.11.2026, 8:28

The plane carrying the American negotiators landed at Vnukovo Airport.

Trump's special envoys Steve Whitcoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to meet with Putin. They were met at Vnukovo Airport by Putin’s special representative Kirill Dmitriev.

This was reported by RBC-Ukraine citing the Russian news agency TASS.

The plane carrying the American negotiators landed at Vnukovo Airport. There, they were met by Kirill Dmitriev, after which the motorcade left the airport.

Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov had previously reported that the envoys’ meeting with Putin would take place in the morning. After Moscow, Whitcoff and Kushner are scheduled to travel to Dublin to meet with Zelenskyy.

The visit to Moscow follows two days of talks between Ukraine, the U.S., and Russia in Abu Dhabi. The parties agreed on a prisoner exchange; however, according to RBC-Ukraine sources, the Russian delegation refused to discuss a ceasefire, territorial issues, energy, and security in the Black Sea.

The Kremlin provided details on the timing of the meeting with Putin, while Zelenskyy will await the envoys in Dublin. According to Kushner, in Moscow they will try to transform the trilateral talks into a multilateral format involving the EU and NATO.