A Politico article reports that US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 12 November 2026, after trilateral Russia–Ukraine–US talks in Abu Dhabi, where Kushner said he and Witkoff would try to win Europe a seat at the table. Per Russia's Tass and Interfax, the envoys discussed a proposed Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange, Putin proposed a Kostiantynivka humanitarian operation like the October Oleshky evacuation, and the pair planned to brief Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Dublin.