US, Russia envoys meet in Davos as Ukraine reconstruction plan postponed

US envoy Witkoff to conscionable Putin connected Thursday, the Kremlin confirms, arsenic the signing of an $800bn Ukraine woody is enactment connected hold.

Envoys for United States President Donald Trump and Russian President ‍Vladimir Putin person met astatine the World Economic Forum successful Davos, Switzerland, amid reports that the signing of a $800bn “prosperity plan” was postponed owed to tensions implicit Greenland.

Kremlin ‌spokesman Dmitry Peskov ‍on Wednesday said Moscow would not remark connected ⁠talks successful Davos, but stressed the value for Russia of receiving accusation connected discussions betwixt ‌the US, European leaders and Ukraine.

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Russian state-run quality bureau TASS reported that US peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Russian peculiar envoy Kirill Dmitriev met connected ‍Tuesday ⁠for much than 2 hours connected the forum’s sidelines.

The bureau quoted Witkoff arsenic saying the talks had been “very positive”.

Later, Witkoff told The Associated Press quality bureau that helium and Kushner were readying to conscionable Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Ukrainian delegation connected Thursday.

The Kremlin confirmed that the gathering that volition instrumentality spot successful Moscow was connected Putin’s schedule.

Derailed reconstruction plan

Meanwhile, the United Kingdom’s Financial Times (FT) paper reported connected Wednesday that tensions successful the NATO confederation implicit Trump’s bid to get Greenland had derailed the signing of a Ukraine reconstruction plan, which was primitively scheduled to instrumentality spot successful Davos.

The alleged “prosperity plan” to beryllium agreed betwixt Ukraine, Europe and the US was not being shelved indefinitely and could inactive beryllium signed astatine a aboriginal date, the paper added.

“Nobody is successful immoderate temper to signifier a expansive spectacle astir an statement with Trump close now,” 1 authoritative told the FT. The US president has shaken the transatlantic confederation by repeatedly threatening to instrumentality implicit Greenland, an autonomous territory wrong the Kingdom of Denmark, claiming alleged “security” reasons.

Residents basal astatine the tract of a Russian drone attack, amid Russia’s attacks connected Ukraine, adjacent the metropolis of Chornomorsk, Odesa region, Ukraine, January 21, 2026 [Nina Liashonok/Reuters]

‍NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned ‍allies not to let tensions implicit Greenland to distract ⁠them from the request ​to support Ukraine.

“The ‍focus connected ⁠Ukraine should beryllium the fig 1 priority; it is important for European and ​US security,” ‌Rutte said successful a sheet treatment successful Davos connected Wednesday.

“I ‌am truly disquieted ⁠that we suffer show and that successful the meantime ‌Ukrainians won’t person capable interceptors to support themselves.”

Zelenskyy to skip Davos

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said connected Tuesday helium would question to Davos lone if documents connected security guarantees with the US and a “prosperity plan” were acceptable to beryllium signed there.

The president said helium would alternatively stay successful Kyiv to oversee alleviation efforts, arsenic Russian rocket and drone attacks continued to batter Ukraine’s vigor system.

Russia has intensified its onslaught successful caller months, concentrating rocket and drone attacks connected the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro and often targeting Ukraine’s vigor infrastructure.

With sub-zero temperatures, the attacks mean hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are struggling with lengthy interruptions to powerfulness and h2o supplies.

Ukrainian authorities connected Wednesday said overnight Russian attacks connected the cardinal Ukrainian metropolis of Kryvyi Rih killed 2 radical and injured a woman. The rocket and drone onslaught besides damaged respective buildings.

A Russian drone was besides reported to person exploded adjacent a schoolhouse connected Tuesday successful the colony of Dobryanska community, successful the Chernihiv region. No casualties were confirmed.

Russian authorities said Ukrainian ​drone fragments ignited a occurrence astatine the Afipsky lipid refinery successful the confederate Krasnodar region, causing nary casualties. The refinery has been often attacked by Ukrainian drones successful caller months arsenic ​part of Kyiv’s ‌retaliatory campaign.