The previous meeting between Putin and Witkoff took place at the Kremlin in early December 2025.
The US President's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, announced that he will meet with President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, January 22, according to Reuters. The meeting was also confirmed by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, stating that the meeting is indeed scheduled for Thursday, 1/22, in Moscow. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will also be present at the meeting.
According to Witkoff, significant progress regarding the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict has been achieved in recent weeks. "In the last six to seven weeks following Geneva, we have made more progress than was achieved in the last three to four years," Witkoff claimed. The last time Witkoff met with Putin at the Kremlin was in early December.
The two sides discussed the substance of the American initiative, but a compromise solution could not be found at that time. As the Russian president stated, Washington divided the 27 points of President Trump's original peace plan into four packages and proposed that they be examined separately.
A few days later, a meeting between US and Ukrainian representatives took place in Berlin, the content of which was relayed to Russia through Kirill Dmitriev. In late December, Trump held talks with Zelensky in Florida. The head of the White House mentioned that the two sides reached a common understanding on 95% of the issues.
Subsequently, he had a telephone conversation with Putin, who informed him of an attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) to attack his residence. Following this, Moscow announced a revision of its negotiating position.
I do not know Trump's plans for Greenland
Witkoff admitted that he does not know exactly what President Donald Trump intends to do regarding the issue of Greenland. "I don't know what he is going to say and I would not speak on his behalf. I think he will say that he considers Greenland to be a strategic asset and that we must ensure it is protected," he stated in an interview with Bloomberg.
He added that Denmark is not in a position to protect the island to the extent that the United States can. Earlier, the American president avoided answering directly how far he is willing to go regarding the acquisition of Greenland by the USA, but he announced several meetings concerning the island's status during his visit to Switzerland, which he believes will go very well.
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