Putin evaluated negotiations with Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US President Donald Trump's special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the capital Moscow.

According to the statement made by the Kremlin, Putin received Trump's special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the capital Moscow.

From the Russian side, the meeting was attended by Kremlin Foreign Policy Advisor Yuriy Ushakov, Putin's Special Representative and President of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kiril Dmitriyev, and Putin's Advisor and Vladimir Medinskiy, who heads the Russian delegation in the negotiations with Ukraine.

In his speech at the beginning of the meeting, Putin stated that he was pleased to host Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow and thanked US President Donald Trump for organizing the contacts with the Ukrainian side.

Expressing that progress was made on humanitarian issues in the tripartite negotiations held in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in order to end the Ukraine-Russia War, Putin pointed out that an agreement was reached on a large-scale prisoner exchange with Ukraine.

Referring to the land issue in Ukraine, Putin said, "We want long-term peace to be achieved in Ukraine. Both sides raise the land issue. However, for us, the people living in these lands are important. We know that the Ukrainian side has brought up the issue of gray zones. For Russia, there is only one line of contact with Ukraine: the state border." he said.

Putin offers humanitarian aid operation in the city of Konstantinovka

Reminding that a humanitarian aid operation was carried out in the city of Oleski in the Kherson region last month, Putin proposed a similar operation in the city of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region.

Putin stated that the city in question is under the control of the Russian army and said, "There are 400-500 civilians here. We will invite foreign, American and Russian press members here. We will give instructions to our human rights commissioners on this matter." he said.

"The deployment of European soldiers in Ukraine is unacceptable"

Criticizing the approach of European countries towards the Ukraine crisis, Putin pointed out that Europe plans to deploy military units to Ukraine and said, "This is unacceptable to us. This threatens Russia's security. These will become legitimate targets. This will mean the re-ignition of the war. This will be a dead-end cycle." made his assessment.

Putin stated that the US side should work with the Europeans on this issue and said, "We want the Europeans to decide whether they want peace or war in Ukraine." he said.

Witkoff: "We will inform Zelenskiy about the results of this meeting"

Trump's Special Representative Steve Witkoff also said that Trump is of the opinion that it is very important to end the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible.

Pointing out that this is a complex issue for both parties, Witkoff stated that they are doing their best to solve the problem.

Regarding the tripartite negotiations held in Abu Dhabi on Ukraine, Witkoff said, "One of the positive elements in the negotiations is the prisoner exchange. This will be one of the most comprehensive prisoner exchanges to be held between the two countries. This shows that we are making progress in resolving the issue." made his assessment.

Stating that there were also European representatives in Abu Dhabi but did not participate in the negotiations, Witkoff said, "We informed them about the direction of the negotiations. They were involved in the process. We conveyed the results of the negotiations to them. For this reason, we developed very good working relations with them in Abu Dhabi." he said.

Witkoff noted that they planned to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy after the meeting with Putin and said, "This will be an important meeting. We will inform Zelenskiy about the results of this meeting. We hope that after today's meeting, we can announce that the next meeting of the tripartite negotiations is planned." he said.

Kushner: "Europe wants an end to the conflict in Ukraine"

US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and Special Representative, Kushner, stated that they will discuss some options for resolving the Ukraine crisis at the meeting and said, "We will try to convince Zelenskiy that one of the paths determined should be followed in order to successfully end this conflict." he said.

Expressing that Europeans want to participate in the negotiation process, Kushner underlined that Europe wants the conflicts in Ukraine to end.

Kushner said, "Europe not only wants to end this conflict but also ensure that long-term peace will be achieved afterwards. That is why we want to work together with Russia, Ukraine and the European parties. We have started negotiations on how to shape the security architecture that will include Russia, Ukraine and Europe in order to end the conflicts." he said.