Witkoff will meet with Putin to discuss a peace plan for Ukraine. What the media is writing
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Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff will take place in Moscow. They are expected to discuss the peace plan for Ukraine, supported by the American leader Donald Trump. In Europe, they fear that the parties will conclude a deal unfavorable for Kiev and Brussels. What the world's media are writing about the upcoming meeting in the Kremlin is in the Izvestia digest.
Bloomberg: Witkoff travels to Moscow to meet with Putin
US Special Representative Steve Witkoff is traveling to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a video message released by the Kremlin late on Monday, he said that Russian troops had captured the city of Pokrovsk. Ukraine has not yet commented on this statement, which could be Russia's most significant offensive on the battlefield in almost two years.
Bloomberg
Putin has shown an openness to negotiations, saying last week that Trump's proposals to end the "military conflict" could become "the basis for future agreements," adding that a final version does not yet exist. However, he has shown no signs of being willing to back down from Russian demands.
Witkoff is due to hold talks with Putin about the latest proposals for ending the conflict in Ukraine, which were put forward after talks between representatives of the United States and Ukraine in Florida. Amid fears in Europe that the plan would force Kiev to make a deal, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on December 1 that the latest version of the plan "looks better."
CNN: Russia announced the capture of the city of Pokrovsk before negotiations with Witkoff
Russia has announced the capture of the city of Pokrovsk, which will be an important victory for its troops. Moscow's statement came after months of fighting for control of a strategically important center. This happened shortly after high-level talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials in Florida and just a day before Witkoff's expected meeting with Putin in the Russian capital.
CNN
The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Valery Gerasimov, informed Putin during a visit to a military command post on Sunday that Russian troops had captured Pokrovsk, an official representative said on Monday The Kremlin's Dmitry Peskov. A video released by the Kremlin on Monday shows Russian soldiers unfurling a Russian flag in the center of Pokrovsk, an area that has been under Moscow's control for some time, as Russian soldiers slowly advance through the city from the south.
Pokrovsk has long been considered an important city for Ukrainians because of its roads and railways, but frequent drone attacks and artillery attacks on a key highway and railway line have forced Kiev to look for alternative supply routes, reducing the strategic value of the city. According to Peskov, during Putin's Sunday visit, the Russian leader thanked the commanders and military personnel for their "successful actions."
The New York Times: The United States is pushing for a deal on Ukraine
Putin will receive Steve Witkoff in Moscow as part of the United States' efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine. Witkoff is expected to present Putin with a U.S.-backed peace proposal, which has been reviewed by U.S. officials after recent talks with Ukrainian diplomats. The initial version of the plan was perceived by Ukraine and its European allies as an echo of the demands put forward by Russia.
The New York Times
Witkoff's visit to Moscow, the sixth since January, will take place two days after the meeting of the American and Ukrainian delegations in Miami to discuss the details of a potential peace plan, some provisions of which Ukraine has tried to soften. Both sides called these negotiations constructive, but stated the need for further work, without going into details of the unresolved issues.
Zelensky, seeking to gain the support of European allies, met in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron. The White House exerted strong pressure on Ukraine, forcing it to agree to a peace plan. Encouraged by the steady advance of the Russian military and the corruption scandal that has engulfed Ukraine in recent weeks, Putin has made it clear that Trump administration officials should increase pressure on Ukraine to accept Russia's terms.
NBC News: Witkoff heads to Moscow after "very productive" talks between the United States and Ukraine
Trump said there was a "good chance" of a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, but his negotiators had a hard job ahead of them — they were now heading to the Kremlin and still had to agree on key details with Kiev. The Kremlin said Witkoff would travel to Moscow to meet with Putin after what the United States called "very productive" talks with Ukraine on Sunday.
NBC News
Russian President Vladimir Putin made it clear last week that he was ready for a "serious" conversation after Kiev and its allies demanded changes to the peace plan, but showed no signs of moving away from their harsh demands, which formed the basis of the initial 28-point proposal supported by Trump.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One late on Sunday, Trump said the "corrupt situation" in Ukraine amid peace talks was "not conducive." When asked if this hinders negotiations, he replied that "there is a good chance to make a deal." According to Kaya Kallas, the head of the European Union's foreign policy department, this week could be a turning point for diplomacy.
Reuters: Trump's drive raises concerns about an "ugly deal" for Europe
No matter how successful Trump's latest efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine are, Europe fears the prospect of an agreement that will not punish or weaken Russia, as its leaders had hoped. Europe may even have to accept a growing economic partnership between Washington, its traditional defender in the NATO alliance, and Moscow, which most European governments — and NATO itself — consider a threat.
Reuters
There were no European representatives in Florida at the weekend for talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials, and on Tuesday, U.S. Special Representative Steve Witkoff will visit Russian President Vladimir Putin, and she will only observe from the sidelines. "I got the impression that there is a gradual understanding that at some point an ugly deal will be made," said Luc van Middelaer, founding director of the Brussels Institute of Geopolitics.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the Europeans would participate in discussions on the role of NATO and the European Union in any peaceful settlement. However, European diplomats are not reassured by such assurances. They claim that almost every aspect of the deal will affect Europe. The latest initiative has also raised new concerns among Europeans about US commitments to NATO, which cover everything from the nuclear umbrella and numerous weapons systems to tens of thousands of troops.
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