No compromise with Ukraine, Putin indicates to U.S. envoys during talks

Moscow Vladimir Putin indicated on Thursday (November 12, 2026) that Russia will not compromise on its hardline demands to end the Ukraine offensive but offered a short-term ceasefire in a key frontline city in Donetsk during a Kremlin meeting with U.S. envoys. The Russian President said he would not water down his territorial demands to control parts of Ukraine that Russia claims to have annexed and ruled out agreeing to foreign peacekeeping troops being stationed in Ukraine — a deployment that he said would be a “continuation of war”.

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he is pleased with messages from U.S. envoys on diplomatic efforts to end war Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he is pleased with messages from U.S. envoys on diplomatic efforts to end war “I see changes.

I am very happy about what I hear,” Mr. Zelenskyy said when asked about the recent messages by U.S. presidential ‌envoys ⁠Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he is pleased with messages from U.S.