Trump: Putin is ‘making concessions’ in peace talks & US envoy Witkoff coaches Kremlin negotiator in leaked call

Day 1,371.


Today, as a leaked call reveals that Steve Witkoff, the US
special envoy to Russia, coached a Kremlin negotiator on how to
make Donald Trump more favourable to Moscow’s position, we
examine the fallout – or the lack of it. We also assess new
signals that Trump’s much-trailed Thursday deadline may not be as
cast-iron as claimed. Then we turn to the reaction from Moscow
and across Europe’s parliaments: alarm, or business as usual?


Contributors


Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley
on X.


Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls
on X.


James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on X.


Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Journalist and Producer). @adeliepjz on X.


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


Telegraph Ukraine Live Blog:


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/26/ukraine-russia-war-latest-news-trump-peace-talks/ 


Trump envoy coaches Kremlin negotiator in leaked call
(Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/11/25/witkoff-coach-russians-peace-plan-trump/


Starmer demands British boots on ground under Ukraine peace deal
(The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/25/russia-hints-it-may-reject-latest-peace-deal/ 


I’ve seen high-level negotiations. Witkoff broke the one rule
that matters (David Blair in The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/26/witkoff-ushakov-leaked-call/ 


Bloomberg’s Leaked Transcripts:


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-25/witkoff-advised-russia-on-how-to-pitch-ukraine-plan-to-trump


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