Dec 17, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Putin envoy to hold talks with Trump aides on U.S. peace plan in Miami this weekend

Barak Ravid

A balding, gray-haired fair-skinned Russian leader Vladimir Putin, wearing a black suit jacket, white shirt and mauve tie, and a balding, gray-haired fair-skinned and bespectacled Russian businessman Kirill Dmitriev, wearing a black suit jacket, white shirt and purple tie, speaking at a table — Russian leader Vladimir Putin (left) and Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev. Photo: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images

Russian President Vladimir Putin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev is expected to visit Miami this weekend for talks with White House envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner on the U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine, a White House official and a source with knowledge said.

Why it matters: Trump's advisers are expected to inform Putin's envoy of progress made in talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials and try to get Russia's government to agree to the updated proposal on ending the war.

A Ukrainian delegation headed by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky's national security adviser Rustem Umerov is also expected to arrive in Miami later this week for talks with Witkoff and Kushner.
At the moment there is no plan for a trilateral meeting between U.S., Ukrainian and Russian officials, sources say.

Driving the news: Dmitriev's visit will take place after intense negotiations last weekend in Berlin between U.S. and Ukrainian officials over Trump's peace plan.

State of play: Officials from both countries said these talks made significant progress on the security guarantees Ukraine will get in a future peace deal, but gaps still remain on the issue of territory.

Russian officials are demanding that Ukraine cede all the territory it still controls in Donbas.
Dmitriev's visit comes more than two weeks after Witkoff and Kushner met in Moscow with Putin and discussed Trump's peace plan. Dmitriev started discussing the plan with Trump's advisers two months ago.
Politico first reported on the Russian envoy's planned visit to Miami. A spokesperson for Dmitriev declined to comment.

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