LONDON — President Donald Trump’s particular envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner landed in Moscow on Thursday morning forward of a deliberate assembly with Russian President Vladimir Putin, following two days of trilateral U.S.-Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi that seemingly produced no major diplomatic breakthrough.
Trump’s envoys are anticipated to journey to Dublin, Eire, in a while Thursday, to fulfill with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Witkoff and Kushner have been greeted in Moscow by Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Funding Fund, who has been concerned in revived U.S.-Russian bilateral relations since Trump’s return to workplace in January 2025.
This week’s meetings in Abu Dhabi have been the primary trilateral talks held since February. The events agreed a brand new prisoner alternate deal — the biggest of the warfare so far, based on Kushner — and mentioned points together with safety ensures for Ukraine and broader European safety preparations, based on readouts from the delegations.
This handout image obtained on Nov. 12, 2026, from the Russian Direct Funding Fund exhibits Russia’s presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev welcoming U.S. particular envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport.
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Kushner stated in a submit to X on Wednesday that the prisoner alternate “will reunite households, construct belief, and create momentum towards peace.”
“Bringing Ukraine and Russia again collectively for the primary trilateral talks since February was an necessary step. The discussions have been critical, detailed, and frank. Each international locations shared particular concepts to slender the gaps and discover a path to finish the warfare,” he added.
“In shut coordination with Ukraine and our European companions, now we have aligned on proposals we are going to focus on with President Putin in Moscow tomorrow, adopted by consultations with President Zelenskyy,” Kushner wrote, although acknowledged that “vital variations stay” between the combatants.
As Russia’s full-scale invasion nears a possible fifth anniversary, Moscow and Kyiv stay far aside on key negotiating points. These embody the destiny of Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory within the east and southeast of the nation, safety ensures from overseas companions to forestall renewed Russian aggression, Ukraine’s ambition to affix NATO and the scale and capabilities of Kyiv’s armed forces.
A motorcade, reportedly transporting officers together with President Donald Trump’s particular envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner, drives previous the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 12, 2026.
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Zelenskyy arrived in Dublin on Wednesday, following a go to to Denmark. The Ukrainian president is anticipated to fulfill with European leaders gathered there for the European Political Group occasion, which is able to see round 40 heads of state and authorities journey to Dublin.
In a submit to social media on Wednesday, Zelenskyy stated it was “important that the US have a robust place and exert affect on the supply of this warfare — that’s Russia — in order that Russia ends the warfare of its personal making.”
The Ukrainian chief stated in a submit to X that he anticipated to fulfill with Witkoff and Kushner on Thursday. “We’re working to carry peace nearer. Thanks to everybody who helps and helps Ukraine,” he wrote.
Each side continued their long-range strike campaigns in a single day.
Ukraine’s air power stated Russia launched 123 drones, of which 73 have been jet powered, alongside a mixture of Iskander ballistic missiles, Banderol cruise missiles and Zirkon anti-ship missiles.
A Ukrainian firefighter works to place out a hearth at a residential constructing following a Russian aerial assault on Kyiv on Nov. 12, 2026.
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Defenders intercepted or suppressed 89 drones, of which 51 have been jet powered, and 5 Banderol missiles, the air power stated. It reported impacts in 17 areas.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated in a submit to Telegram that one individual was killed and 7 others have been injured within the capital’s western Solomianskyi district when a drone strike set fireplace to an house block.
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported Russian assaults on power infrastructure and different targets within the Rivne area, and stated that one individual was injured by Russian strikes within the Zhytomyr area.
Russia’s Protection Ministry, in the meantime, stated its forces downed 71 Ukrainian drones in a single day. The craft have been shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Tula, Oryol, Rostov and Moscow areas, plus occupied Crimea, it stated.
Residential and business buildings are seen with out lights throughout a blackout following Russian strikes on power infrastructure in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Nov. 9, 2026.
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Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin stated in posts to Telegram that at the very least 5 Ukrainian drones have been shot down over the capital in a single day.
Russia’s federal air transport company, Rosaviatsiya, stated short-term flight restrictions have been launched at two of Moscow’s 4 worldwide airports; Zhukovsky and Domodedovo. Flight restrictions weren’t put in place at Vnukovo airport, the place Witkoff and Kushner landed.
Restrictions have been additionally put in place for airports in Penza, Saransk, Saratov and Kaluga, Rosaviatsiya stated.
One individual was injured throughout a drone assault within the border area of Belgorod and one other individual was injured by a strike within the neighboring Kursk area, native officers stated.
