President Vladimir Putin has previously sent Kostyukov to participate in talks on Ukraine. He was a member of a Russian delegation that met with Ukrainian counterparts in May 2025 in Istanbul, the first face-to-face talks between the warring sides in three years.

With Greenland in the rearview mirror for now, Ukraine and its allies hope for progress and renewed focus on Kyiv.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted his European allies Thursday for what he portrayed as the continent’s slow, fragmented and inadequate response to Russia’s invasion nearly four years ago and its continued international aggression.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had a "good meeting" with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and believed both the Ukrainian leader and Russian President Vladimir Putin "want to make a deal" to end the war in Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday (January 22) that his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Davos was "very good" and that his message to Russian President Vladimir Putin is that the war in Ukraine "has to end".