Putin Sends Envoy to Miami, Because Nothing Says Peace Like Beach Talks
KEY POINTS
- â˘Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev plans to visit Miami this weekend to discuss the U.S. plan to end the Ukraine war.
- â˘White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will meet Dmitriev to share progress from recent U.S.-Ukraine talks and seek Russia's agreement.
- â˘Ukraine's security adviser Rustem Umerov will also arrive in Miami for separate talks; no trilateral meeting with Russia is planned.
Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev is jetting to Miami this weekend for serious chit-chat with White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the man whose last known employer is still confusing Google. The agenda? Selling updated Ukraine war peace plans like a Timeshare presentation, following intense thumb-wrestling in Berlin just weeks after Kushner and Witkoff serenaded Putin in Moscow. Meanwhile, Ukrainian security chief Rustem Umerov is expected to RSVP for Miami talks but apparently refuses to crash the luxury trio, so no three-way just yet. Dmitrievâs spokesman is playing the classic 'talk to the hand' and declining to comment. Oh right, Russian demands still include Ukraine annexing Donbas, because who doesn't want to gift a whole region as a peace prize?
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Source: Axios | Published: 12/18/2025 | Author: Barak Ravid