Arpan Rai, Alex Croft, Maira Butt
02 December 2025
Trump’s special envoy will speak to Russian president in renewed diplomatic effort to end war but both sides remain far from an agreement
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Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed that the US and Ukraine have agreed on a new 20-point peace deal, hours before talks between Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin were held in the Kremlin.
The Ukrainian president said that the original 28-point roadmap proposed by the US last month had been reworked into a new agreement following talks over the weekend.
“Some things still need to be worked out,” he told reporters on a visit to Dublin, adding that this marked “one of the most challenging and yet optimistic moments at the same time” for peace in Ukraine.
Witkoff, along with Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, arrived at the Kremlin at 2pm before the talks began on Monday evening. Prior to the talks, Witkoff held lunch at a Michelin-starred Moscow restaurant with Kremlin representative Kirill Dmitriev, according to Tass.
The talks follow a flurry of diplomatic activity in the past fortnight involving US, Ukrainian and Russian officials. An original US-drafted plan to end the war caused consternation in Europe last month after it appeared to yield to Russia’s maximalist demands.
Russian forces have encircled Myrnohrad, control 95% Pokrovsk – Nato official
Nato has said that Ukrainian forces have ben “virtually encircled” in Myrnohrad and are relying on drones for supplies.
Russian troops now control more than 95 per cent of the city of Pokrovsk, a senior Nato official told European Pravda.
“Myrnohrad is now virtually fully encircled,” the official said.
“There is a narrow corridor through which the Ukrainians can withdraw certain forces, but it is a very narrow corridor, itself under hostile fire control. Overall, this is an encirclement, though not yet a complete encirclement.
Discussing Pokrovsk, the official said: “Ukrainian forces are still conducting defensive actions inside the city, but as supply routes have been almost completely cut, Ukrainian troops are dependent on resupply by drones, which is becoming increasingly difficult.”
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