Trump Pushes Ukraine Peace Deal As Kushner, Witkoff Hold Talks With Putin

U.S. envoys met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for over three hours to discuss a potential deal aimed at ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine.

Trump confidants Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, along with newly-appointed Board of Peace senior advisor Josh Greunbaum, met with Putin at midnight Thursday as the World Economic Forum in Davos comes to a close.

A video clip shared by the Kremlin on Telegram showed Putin, joined by his foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, and special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, shaking hands with the envoys prior to the meeting.

The group discussed the 20-point peace plan to end the Russian invasion, which has been held up due to key disagreements on Russian demands for land in Eastern Ukraine, much of which Ukraine has successfully defended at this point in the war.

The outcome of the meeting was unclear in the immediate aftermath of the talks, which were held shortly after President Trump said a deal was “reasonably close” and Witkoff said a deal hinged on one last issue, according to Reuters.

Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hours earlier at Davos, describing the conversation as “good” to reporters aboard Air Force One.

“We’re discussing things that have been discussed for six or seven months, and he [Zelensky] came, and he said he wants to make a deal because I wasn’t necessarily sure. I think he should want to make a deal,” Trump said. “President Putin would like to make a deal. I think that President Zelensky would like to make a deal.”

.@POTUS on his meeting with President Zelensky in Davos: “We’re discussing things that have been discussed for six or seven months and he came and he said he wants to make a deal because I wasn’t necessarily sure. I think he should want to make a deal.” pic.twitter.com/89LxjlmJTs

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Zelensky blasted European leaders during his Davos speech on Thursday for what he called their inaction against Putin.

“Europe loves to discuss the future, but avoids taking action today,” Zelensky said. “Where is the line of leaders who are ready to act?”