Overview
- U.S. special envoy Steve Uitkoff said negotiators are close to agreement with only one unresolved issue, suggested to concern territorial control, and confirmed he is traveling to Moscow today to meet Vladimir Putin.
- Volodymyr Zelensky announced the first technical-level Ukraine–Russia–U.S. talks for January 23–24 in the United Arab Emirates.
- Vladimir Putin thanked the U.S. for inviting Russia to a proposed Council of Peace on Gaza and discussed channeling about $1 billion from frozen Russian assets, with the Kremlin noting legal procedures still need clarification.
- Dmitry Peskov said Moscow welcomes President Trump’s mediation efforts and that Putin will meet Uitkoff and Jared Kushner late Thursday before the U.S. delegation proceeds to the UAE.
- Transatlantic friction over Greenland deepened as the European Parliament paused U.S.–EU trade ratification, Danish officials voiced private economic concerns, and Politico reported senior U.S. figures would oppose using force against the island.