AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.The Kremlin, taking a hard line, is pushing to widen negotiations to overhaul European security structures.In a photo released by Russian state media, President Vladimir V.

Putin greeted Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Thursday.Credit...Pool photo by Vyacheslav ProkofyevNov. 12, 2026, 11:54 a.m.

ETPresident Trump’s envoys went to Moscow on Thursday to seek agreement from President Vladimir V. Putin to bring Europe into talks on the war in Ukraine, as the Kremlin pushes to widen the negotiations to overhaul European security arrangements.The envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, arrived in Russia one day after mediating peace talks in Abu Dhabi between Russian and Ukrainian representatives, who spoke directly for the first time in nine months.

After meeting with Mr. Putin in the Kremlin, the envoys were scheduled to travel to Dublin to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.Mr.

Witkoff and Mr. Kushner are pressing to involve Europe in the talks as Russia makes clear that it will not consider a cease-fire until its broader demands to redraw the European security architecture are addressed.The Trump administration, seeking a foreign policy win after Republicans’ drubbing in the midterm elections, is making another push for peace even as Russia gives no indication that it will stop the war anytime soon, and in fact appears to be hardening some of its positions.Russia has intensified attacks on Ukrainian cities ahead of a winter bombing campaign, taking advantage of Ukraine’s lack of air defenses.

On Thursday, Mr. Zelensky said that the Ukrainian armed forces were again facing restrictions on Starshield, the military version of the satellite internet network Starlink, and had asked the United States for information.ImageA man being rescued after his apartment was struck in Kharkiv, Ukraine, last month.Credit...Mauricio Lima for The New York TimesThank you for your patience while we verify access.

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