Ukraine Peace Talks ‘Useful’ but Reaching Concensus ‘Difficult’: Putin

The Russian president’s comments follow remarks by Trump describing U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff’s meeting with Putin as ’reasonably good.’
Ukraine Peace Talks ‘Useful’ but Reaching Concensus ‘Difficult’: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Dec. 2, 2025. Sergei Ilnitsky/AFP via Getty Images
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Russian President Vladimir Putin described his meeting with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “very useful“ in comments reported on Dec. 4.
However, he also said that reaching a consensus on the issues at hand would be “difficult,” in a yet-to-be-aired interview with India Today conducted on Dec. 3, extracts of which have been reported by Russian state news agency TASS.
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