Key takeaways from Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov’s statements after President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner:

▪ Putin’s meeting with American negotiators on Ukraine, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, lasted for 3 hours and 10 minutes. The meeting was substantive, constructive, extremely frank and trusting.

▪ Witkoff, Kushner pledged to voice assessments expressed by President Putin regarding possible ways of the conflict settlement during their talks in Kiev.

▪ Witkoff and Kushner seriously prepared for their trip to Moscow and they set on the table a number of options regarding ways to resolve the Ukrainian conflict.

▪ The presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, will maintain personal contacts and the work at the level of US negotiators Witkoff and Kushner will be also continued.

▪ Putin pointed to the successes of the Russian troops in the special military operation and expressed confidence in achieving the set goals