Russian Troops Wave Flag ‘In Pokrovsk’, Ukraine’s NATO Bid ‘Key Question’ During Putin-US Talks | 4K

Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday (December 3) that Russia’s recent battlefield progress in Ukraine had what he described as a positive impact on peace negotiations held with U.S. envoys in Moscow a day earlier.In video footage released on the talks’ eve, President Vladimir Putin hailed what his commanders said was Russia’s capture of the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine. Kyiv dismissed his claim, saying fighting was still ongoing there.But Ushakov, speaking after the talks between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner, said that “the course and nature of the negotiations were, of course, influenced by the successes of recent weeks…on the battlefield.n18oc_crux | n18oc_world a 0:00 INTRODUCTION3:02 ‘NEGOTIATIONS INFLUENCED BY RUSSIA’S BATTLEFIELD SUCCESSES’5:18 ZELENSKY’S NEGOTIATORS TO MEET TRUMP’S ENVOYS6:32 “TRUMP ONLY LEADER TO BREAK RUSSIA-UKRAINE DEADLOCK”