Ushakov arrives at the hotel where Witkoff and Kushner are staying

Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the Russian president, arrived at a hotel in central Moscow where Steve Witkoff, the US president’s special envoy; Jared Kushner, the American leader’s son-in-law; and Kirill Dmitriev, the Russian president’s special envoy for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), are staying.

The meeting with Witkoff and Kushner will focus on issues related to achieving a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, Ushakov said.

Answering journalists’ questions, he also noted that the Europeans have not yet been able to choose a negotiator on the settlement, and no decision has been made yet on whom the Europeans will be in contact with.

Kushner and Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Thursday morning. Dmitriev met them at Vnukovo, and they then went to a hotel in the city center.

Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, will meet Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow on Thursday. They arrived in the capital from Abu Dhabi, where trilateral talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine had been held. Ushakov said earlier that the meeting would take place in the morning.