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riversedge

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Mon Dec 1, 2025, 11:20 PM Monday

Kushner and Witkoff to meet with Putin in Moscow Tuesday as Trump pushes for Russia-Ukraine deal [View all]

Source: CBS news


Callie Teitelbaum December 1, 2025 / 8:00 PM EST

Washington — President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff are meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, a White House source confirmed, as Mr. Trump presses for an end to the fighting in Ukraine.

The meeting comes after U.S. and Ukrainian officials held talks in Florida over the weekend. Witkoff has met with Putin before, as he has turned his focus toward Ukraine after he and Kushner helped broker the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. .......................


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"They're making concessions," Mr. Trump told reporters of the Russians. "They're big concessions. They stop fighting, and they don't take any more land."

Those two things aren't going to be seen as concessions to European leaders, who believe Russia should give back Ukrainian territory it has occupied. Ukraine has also pushed for security guarantees as part of any deal to end the war, though Russia has rejected the idea of Ukraine joining NATO, which would obligate the U.S. and other member states to come to its defense........................









Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kushner-and-witkoff-to-meet-with-putin-in-moscow-trump-russia-ukraine/





Nov 30
Kushner, Rubio, and Witkoff sitting across from Ukraine's defense chief in Florida

Original 28-point proposal (with Russian input) now down to 19

Territory. NATO. Security guarantees. Still undecided.

Trump's team may fly to Moscow this week to meet Putin. 🅱️ig week ahead.






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Chris 🕷🐦
@imageplotter
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Nov 28
So what is the - last time I checked - unelected & currently not part of the US government - son in law of Trump, Jared Kushner, doing in Moscow, giving away the territory of a sovereign nation (Ukraine) to Moscow? Did I miss something whilst I was doing my xmas shopping?


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