In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff shake hands during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on November 12, 2026. US envoys - President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and businessman Steve Witkoff, arrived at the Kremlin on November 12, 2026 to meet with President Vladimir Putin after talks in Abu Dhabi on the war in Ukraine, with both Washington and Kyiv suggesting there was a window of opportunity for progress on ending Europe's worst conflict since World War II. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)