Russian President Vladimir Putin “Russia Calling!” Speaking to journalists at a press conference at the VTB Investment Forum on December 2, 2025 in Moscow, Russia. Putin went to the annual forum hosted by the VTB group, which is before talking to us, Steve Witkoff.
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Peace talks between the US and Russia on Tuesday saw Russian President Vladimir Putin redouble the threats facing Europe, saying Russia was “ready” for war with the continent.
US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Wedkoff and husband Jared Kushner have been involved with Putin and his closest aides in a draft peace plan aimed at the four-year war in Ukraine.
The talks lasted five hours, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said after the meeting, adding that the meeting focused on the US peace plan and was “very useful, constructive and very informative”, but more work needs to be done.
“We agreed on some things … We have raised criticism, and our president has a number of recommendations, but the main thing is that we have a very useful issue,” said Ushakov, in comments, comments, comments, NBC news.
After the secret 28-point peace plan from Ukraine, it is unclear to Russia which peace plan, and the age of the US and Russia, was presented to Ukraine a few weeks ago.
Kiev and its European allies fell for the plan, after which Ukrainian officials, along with Ukrainian officials, traveled to Florida over the weekend for more talks on the proposals.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, US special representative Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, aimed to find a solution to the Ukraine war, Ukraine war, on December 2, 2025 in Moscow, Moscow.
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Russia and Ukraine are involved in the central elements of the peace agreement, because the central elements of Moscow, together with Moscow, did not agree with the western support of Ukraine by entering Russia in the east of KIEV.
Putin Seshakov said Tuesday that the two sides discussed the 27-point plan and received many documents from the US, but it was not part of them. He said that Russia and the US agreed not to disclose the details of the talks.
“ready” for war
The talks in Moscow came after Putin launched a tirade about Europe, saying he “absolutely rejects” counter-peace proposals for Russia and that the region’s leadership has a “peace agenda”.
“We are not at war with Europe; if he said it a hundred times.
In recent weeks, European officials expressed cooperation, and Ukraine was excluded from the first US-Russia talks, which led to the Russian peace plan, which led to the Russian peace plan.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Russia’s “West” command page during the Russia-Ukraine conflict, thanks to a video from November 2025.
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About this, the foreign policy of the European Union Cades Callas “This week” may come into circulation for diplomacy this week. It is clear that Russia does not want peace, so we need to make Ukraine as strong as possible.”
Europe will closely monitor Tuesday’s talks in Russia. There are concerns about Trump He had a warm relationship with Putin Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenkiy can sometimes throw his support behind Russia’s peace proposals later, the sooner, the later, the sooner.
Ukraine is “closer to peace than it has ever been,” Irlandsky told his lawyers on Tuesday, eager to sound optimistic.
Don’t rush for a deal
Geopolitical experts are willing to delay the peace process for the Kremlin, if possible, to have an advantage on the battlefield with Russia and extract heavy concessions from Ukraine in peace.
The president of the Council on Foreign Relations, Michael Michael, said Putin was interested “in continuing the process, in order to have a long-term diplomatic agreement.”

“He wants to make it long-term about Russia’s relationship with the West and the United States, its trade agreements with the United States, and he wants to continue to advance above ground by bombing Ukraine’s energy infrastructure,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Tuesday.
Amos Hochstein, global managing partner of TWG and a former senior adviser in President Boyden’s administration, agreed that Russia would be on its heels on the deal.
“I think it’s going to be hard to get a lot of Ukrainians, there’s a lot of security guarantees over the years, and a lot of fighting over the last few years, so it’s hard to swallow them,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk.”

“The problem is that the Ukrainians may compromise on some of this, but any concessions from them will drive the Russians to war, and you want to win, but war, and the more difficult it is to win a war.”
“The Russians are in no hurry to reach an agreement here,” he said.

