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Robot stuns crowd after shocking onstage reveal
When Xpeng unveiled its Next Gen Iron humanoid recently, the robot glided across the stage with movement so fluid that the crowd froze. Many viewers thought they saw an actor in a suit. Clips spread online within hours, and people everywhere claimed the same thing: it looked too human to be a machine.
The reaction spread fast, so Xpeng's CEO He Xiaopeng returned to the stage one day later with a plan to settle the argument. He cut into Iron's leg to show its internal machinery. It felt theatrical but also necessary to end the rumor that a human controlled the robot from inside.
The demonstration showed Iron was a real machine with complex systems beneath its flexible skin.
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He shared how his robotics team stayed awake through the night, seeing viewers accuse them of staging a stunt. After the reveal, Iron walked again in front of the crowd without a human inside. The moment closed the debate and highlighted how far the company has come since its first model in 2024.
The latest Iron uses a humanoid spine with bionic muscles and flexible skin. It moves with 82 degrees of freedom, and its human-sized hands include 22 degrees of freedom supported by a tiny harmonic joint engineered by the company. The robot runs on all solid-state batteries that keep the body light and strong.
Iron also uses Xpeng's second-generation VLA model. Three Turing chips with 2,250 TOPS of power support tasks like conversations, walking and natural interactions. It responds in ways that feel closer to a person than a robot.
Xpeng says future versions will offer different body shapes. That claim hints at customizable designs when these units reach consumers.
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Xpeng's long-term vision goes far beyond a single showcase moment. The company plans to place the Next Gen Iron model in real-world environments. Early units will focus on commercial roles such as tour guides, shopping guides and customer service helpers. These placements allow the robots to interact with large crowds, gather feedback and refine their behavior in dynamic public spaces.
This rollout forms part of what Xpeng describes as a gradual path toward mass production. The team aims to reach large-scale manufacturing by the end of 2026. That milestone could introduce hundreds or even thousands of humanoid units into select venues. Businesses may adopt them to manage foot traffic, assist guests or support basic retail tasks.
While the company talks openly about commercial integration, the timeline for home use remains unclear. They have not shared when consumers will be able to buy a version suited for daily household tasks. Engineers still need to address safety, privacy and reliability standards before a humanoid can operate inside private homes.
Even so, this moment signals a clear shift: robots that move and react in a lifelike way are no longer far-off ideas. They are stepping into public spaces where people will see them operate up close. This shift could reshape how we all view service work and personal assistance in the years ahead.
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Humanoid robots are moving from concept to reality. You may soon see them in museums or stores. Their skills could speed up service and reduce wait times. These robots may also raise new questions about safety, privacy and comfort. Change happens fast, and this moment marks a major shift in how robots blend into daily life.
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Xpeng wanted attention for its new humanoid, but received much more after people doubted what they saw. The dramatic reveal aimed to rebuild trust and show a future where robots can move and react with true precision. The next two years will shape how these machines enter real-world use.
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Trump admin debuts 'Fentanyl Free America' plan as DEA touts impact of Caribbean boat strikes
The Trump administration unveiled its "Fentanyl Free America" anti-trafficking plan on Wednesday as Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Terry Cole told Fox News that strikes on suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean are helping stop the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S.
"There's no doubt that these traffickers, these foreign terrorists, are designated to target our kids," Cole said. "They are using social media platforms. They’re using Instagram."
"We have seen a change in first stop loads, meaning when cocaine arrives to the Dominican Republic, it’s now more expensive. When cocaine arrives to Puerto Rico, it is more expensive," Cole said about the U.S. military's strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea.
Cole said young children in schools across the U.S. will learn about fentanyl and parents will be provided with more resources to talk to kids.
"The Hells Angels are controlling a good portion of the drug trafficking in Canada that is coming across our northern border into the United States," Cole also said.
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Bipartisan deal on Obamacare subsidies fades as Republicans push HSA plan
The chances of a bipartisan solution to expiring Obamacare subsidies are growing slimmer with each passing day as the Senate gears up for a vote next week on extending the credits.
Senate Democrats made the subsidies the focal point of their position during the government shutdown, which ended only after a group of Democrats broke from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., based largely on a guarantee from Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., that lawmakers would get a chance to vote on extending the subsidies.
And next week is Thune’s deadline to get a proposal on the floor, but the likelihood that it is bipartisan is fast fading.
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"I mean, my assumption is that by next week, when we have to have that vote, that we might not be far enough along in the bipartisan discussions. But my assumption is we'll still have a vote of some kind, because that's what we're committed to do," Thune said.
Bipartisan talks have been ongoing, both during the shutdown and in the weeks after. But those have yet to yield a plan that could muster the 60 votes necessary to break through the filibuster in the upper chamber.
Republicans want to see reforms to the program and are floating proposals that would see money from the subsidies that normally flows to insurance companies be sent directly to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) — a plan previously floated by President Donald Trump.
Democrats, however, want a cleaner extension of subsidies but are open to reforms either up front or down the line.
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Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told Fox News Digital he’s been involved in talks with colleagues across the aisle, but those discussions had recently slowed. He agreed that a bipartisan solution was likely out of reach by next week’s vote.
"I mean, I would love to see that, but it's not realistic, and I'm putting my eggs into the basket for Jan. 30, a nice bipartisan package," he said.
At that point, however, the subsidies will have expired.
That leaves the option of a possible side-by-side vote, with Democratic and Republican proposals put on the floor to see which survives. But that idea may not have much support, either.
"I don't know about whether they would have the appetite for a side-by-side," Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., said. "We certainly have not seen Republicans come up with any sincere plans to help alleviate the concerns."
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chair Bill Cassidy, R-La., who is leading Republicans’ negotiations for a plan on the subsidies, scoffed that if Democrats spoke with him, "You're going to be hearing a lot of sincerity."
Cassidy’s plan revolves around HSAs, which he sketched out in broad terms to Fox News Digital. Under his plan, HSAs would be pre-funded with, "say $2,000," that he argued would see Americans pay roughly the same health insurance deductibles and act as a much more workable day-to-day policy moving forward.
He noted that Democrats see where he’s coming from, but that he couldn’t say if he’s got "their vote yet."
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"If you look at the numbers, there are people who are in their 50s and 60s who will really, like, pay a third of their income for insurance on the exchange, and so the Democrats have set it up so there's a cliff at the end of this year, and we're trying to avoid that cliff," Cassidy said.
"So [we’re] looking for a way that can take care of those folks but begin to transition to a system which is much more workable," he continued. "The Obamacare subsidy system is not workable."
Cassidy and Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, pitched ideas and options during the Senate GOP’s closed-door lunch on Tuesday, but there still wasn’t a solid consensus on a path forward on a Republican proposal.
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said it would take "divine intervention" for Republicans to agree on a plan to vote on by Thune’s deadline next week.
"Have you ever heard of a Rorschach test where it's smeared all over the wall? That's kind of where we’re at," Kennedy said.
Members on both sides of the aisle believe that Trump should get more involved, too, given that anything that passes the Senate and works through the House would need his signature to become law.
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, one of the eight Democratic caucus members that voted to reopen the government with Republicans, said that it would help if Trump told the Senate GOP to make a deal.
"I think the easiest, clearest thing would be a straight extension with some modest reforms, and then we can move on," King said. "And frankly, if it doesn't happen, then the Republicans can own massive premium increases. And I don't know why they would want to do that."
Clippers abruptly part ways with NBA star Chris Paul in stunning late-night move
The Los Angeles Clippers are parting ways with veteran point guard Chris Paul in a stunning move announced early Wednesday morning.
Nearly two weeks after Paul hinted that this season with the Clippers would likely be his last NBA season, Paul took to social media at around 3 a.m. to reveal that the team was sending him home before their road game against the Atlanta Hawks.
"Just found out I’m being sent home," Paul wrote in an Instagram Story with a peace emoji.
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Lawrence Frank, the Clippers' top basketball executive, issued a statement confirming Paul's departure and indicated that the team will attempt to trade Paul, who signed a $3.6 million deal to rejoin the team.
"We are parting ways with Chris, and he will no longer be a part of the team," he said, via The Associated Press. "We will work with him on the next step of his career. Chris is a legendary Clipper who has had a historic career."
Paul is playing in his 21st NBA season. Last month, reports speculated that this year would be his final season before retirement, a rumor that he seemingly confirmed with a post on social media that read in part, "What a ride… Still so much left… GRATEFUL for this last one!!"
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But offseason projections of being championship contenders have quickly faded this season as the Clippers sit at 5-16. Paul, a future Hall of Famer, has averaged career lows with 2.6. points and 3.3 assists per game. He is also averaging 14.3 minutes per game.
In his statement, Frank said the team was not "blaming" Paul for their lackluster start.
"I want to make one thing very clear. No one is blaming Chris for our underperformance. I accept responsibility for the record we have right now. There are a lot of reasons why we've struggled. We're grateful for the impact Chris has made on the franchise."
The Clippers enter Wednesday’s contest against Atlanta on a five-game skid.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Conservatives intervene in Wisconsin’s mid-decade redistricting push as House majority hangs in the balance
FIRST ON FOX: A conservative law firm has filed two motions to intervene in separate lawsuits seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s congressional maps, arguing that imposing new districts now would violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution.
Last week, the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority ordered two three-judge panels to take up lawsuits alleging the state’s congressional map gives Republicans an unconstitutional advantage, as redistricting fights intensify nationwide ahead of next year’s midterms.
On behalf of a group of Wisconsin voters, the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed motions to intervene this week, arguing the challenges are time-barred and that the newly appointed panel does not have the authority to overrule the state Supreme Court’s earlier decision approving the current congressional lines.
"Revisiting congressional lines this way, less than a year before the election, sows irreparable distrust in our country’s political process," WILL Deputy Counsel Lucas Vebber told Fox News Digital. "We intervened on behalf of several Wisconsin voters to argue that overturning the current maps in this manner and imposing new ones would violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution."
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WILL's motions dispute the plaintiffs’ characterizations of Wisconsin’s congressional map as a "partisan gerrymander" or "anti-competitive."
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"These claims are all meritless," Vebber said, noting first that any challenge to the current map should have been brought when the map was adopted. "And on the merits, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has already determined that partisan gerrymandering is not a justiciable claim here in Wisconsin."
Vebber said the lawsuits violate federal law by pushing for districts drawn to reflect statewide partisan totals instead of local representation, and by asking courts to assume a redistricting role the Constitution assigns to state legislatures.
He also argued that a court-ordered "mid-decade redraw" would violate the elections clause of the U.S. Constitution, calling it "precisely what the U.S. Supreme Court has advised state courts not to do."
According to WILL, these motions represent the fourth and fifth time the conservative law firm has defended Wisconsin’s congressional maps in court.
When the Wisconsin Supreme Court adopted the state’s current congressional map drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers in 2022 following the 2020 census, WILL said that should have been "the end to the legal and political posturing until the 2030 census."
Instead, the group said various organizations have repeatedly attempted to challenge the map using "a variety of legal theories."
As redistricting battles continue nationwide, Texas recently filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court after a panel of federal judges blocked the state from using its new congressional map, ruling that several districts were "racially gerrymandered."
Meanwhile, California voters passed Proposition 50 this year, allowing the state to move forward with a new congressional map expected to create up to five Democratic-leaning districts, in what Democrats say is an effort to counter Republican-backed redistricting efforts in states like Texas.
Missouri and North Carolina have already redrawn congressional lines, and states like Ohio are moving ahead with new maps as redistricting battles play out in courts nationwide ahead of next year's midterm elections with control of the House and Senate, and Trump’s legislative agenda, hanging in the balance.
Court says Boasberg didn’t know Arctic Frost subpoenas hit lawmakers, Grassley calls that ‘deeply troubling’
FIRST ON FOX: A top federal court official defended Judge James Boasberg’s gag orders that hid subpoenas related to the FBI's Arctic Frost investigation, saying this week that the chief judge in Washington would likely have been unaware that the subpoenas' intended targets were members of Congress.
The administrative office for the federal courts indicated that the chief judge in D.C. routinely blindly signed gag orders when the Department of Justice requested them, including during Arctic Frost, the investigation that led to former special counsel Jack Smith bringing election charges against President Donald Trump.
The administrative office's director, Robert Conrad Jr., provided the explanation on behalf of Boasberg to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, in a letter first obtained by Fox News Digital.
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The letter came in response to Grassley, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, demanding an explanation from Boasberg about why he authorized the one-year gag orders, which barred phone companies from telling Republican Congress members that their records were subpoenaed by Smith in 2023.
Conrad said he could not address those specific subpoenas and gag orders, in part because some of the material was sealed, but that he could help the lawmakers "understand relevant practices" in place during Arctic Frost.
The DOJ’s requests for gag orders, also known as non-disclosure orders, "typically do not attach the related subpoena; rather they identify the subject accounts only by a signifier — e.g., a phone number," Conrad wrote. "As a result, [non-disclosure order] applications would not reveal whether a particular phone number belonged to a member of Congress."
Grassley reacted to the latest correspondence from the court by faulting the Biden DOJ for seeking the gag orders from Boasberg without notifying the judge that they pertained to Congress members.
Grassley noted that the DOJ's Public Integrity Section gave Smith's team the green light to subpoena lawmakers' phone records but had also told the prosecutors to be wary of concerns lawmakers could raise about the Constitution's speech or debate clause, which gives Congress members added protections in prosecutorial matters.
"Smith went ahead with the congressional subpoenas anyway, and it appears he and his team didn’t apprise the court of member involvement," Grassley told Fox News Digital. "Smith’s apparent lack of candor is deeply troubling, and he needs to answer for his conduct."
The DOJ revised its policy in response to an inspector general report in 2024 so that prosecutors were required to notify the court if they were seeking a gag order against a Congress member so that judges could take that into consideration when deciding whether to authorize the orders. Smith's subpoenas pre-dated that policy shift.
The subpoenas, and the gag orders that kept them concealed, have drawn enormous criticism from the targeted lawmakers, who alleged that the Biden DOJ improperly spied on them over their alleged involvement in attempting to overturn the 2020 election and that Boasberg was complicit in allowing it. Among the top critics is Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who was set to lead a since-postponed hearing Wednesday examining the case for impeaching Boasberg. Impeachment of judges is exceedingly rare and typically has only occurred in response to crimes like corruption and bribery.
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Johnson said he remained unsatisfied with Boasberg after the letter from the administrative office.
"Judge Boasberg’s refusal to answer questions from Congress about his approval of unlawful gag orders is an affront to transparency and an obvious attempt to deflect any responsibility for his awareness of or involvement in Jack Smith’s partisan dragnet," Johnson told Fox News Digital. "Judge Boasberg must immediately lift the seal that is apparently preventing him from addressing Congress’ questions and provide the public a full explanation for his actions."
Public documents reveal that as chief judge of the D.C. federal court, Boasberg authorized numerous gag orders that blocked phone companies from telling about a dozen House and Senate lawmakers that Smith had subpoenaed their phone data.
Smith had sought a narrow set of their records, which included details about when calls and messages were placed and with whom the Congress members were communicating. The records did not include the contents of calls and messages. Smith has defended the subpoenas, saying they were in line with department policy and "entirely proper."
White House launches 'Media Bias Offender Tip Line,' calls on Americans to 'hold the fake news accountable'
On Tuesday, the White House launched a "Media Bias Offender Tip Line," encouraging everyday Americans to submit news stories they believe are biased, with the stated goal of holding "the fake news accountable."
Beneath a banner reading "A CALL TO ACTION: Submit ‘Media Bias’ Tips," the White House site explained that, to support its "Media Bias Portal" debuted last week, it needs the public's help in submitting misleading and biased news.
"The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies, purposely omitted context, and outright left-wing lunacy of the Fake News Media — a tall task that demands the help of everyone who believes in facts and accuracy over Fake News," the site reads.
According to the White House, "So-called ‘journalists’ have made it impossible to identify every false or misleading story," which is why help from the American people is "essential" to its mission.
"The days of the Fake News Media controlling the narrative with lies, fake anonymous sources, and willful bias are over," the White House statement continued. "If the legacy media won’t honor their responsibility to accurately inform the public, we know the American people will."
A link is provided to a submission page where the public is called on to "help expose the worst of the worst," and report stories that they feel are biased to be featured in the "Media Bias Portal."
"If you know of any media outlet misrepresenting the Trump Administration, and skewing the truth, link the article below for our team to review it!" the submission page reads. "Don't let them continue to spread lies. Fill out the form below."
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Last week, the White House debuted its "Media Offender of the Week" website — most recently referred to as the "Media Bias Portal" — dedicated to calling out what it describes as the "Fake News Media."
At the top of the page, a banner reading "Misleading. Biased. Exposed." introduces a section that highlights media outlets and reporters, including CBS News, The Independent and The Boston Globe.
The site claims "The media misrepresented President Trump’s call for Members of Congress to be held accountable for inciting sedition by saying that he called for their 'execution,'" referring to the ongoing controversy over a viral video in which six Democratic members of Congress urged U.S. service members to "refuse illegal orders."
Aside from the three outlets listed at the top of the page, the site also features an "Offender Hall of Shame" that includes CNN, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), The Washington Post and, for a second time, CBS News.
Below the "Hall of Shame," users are presented with claims from various outlets that the site categorizes under labels such as "Bias," "Lie," "Malpractice" and "Left-wing Lunacy," among others.
Man charged with attacking NYU student has 16 prior arrests
The man arrested for allegedly attacking a 20-year-old New York University (NYU) student near the college’s Manhattan campus had 16 prior arrests, according to police.
James Rizzo, 45, was busted by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and charged with persistent sexual abuse, forcible touching and assault in relation to the incident.
Rizzo allegedly approached the student from behind at around 9:20 a.m. Monday, slapped her head and buttocks, pulled her hair and ran off, police said.
He was perp-walked out of a Manhattan police precinct on Tuesday night, dressed in a black hoodie and gray sweatpants. He did not say anything to quizzing reporters as he was escorted into a police car.
The New York Post reported Rizzo’s 16 prior arrests include sexual abuse, forcible touching, repeated assaults on women, burglary and a 1997 murder arrest. New York state prison records show Rizzo has no murder conviction on his record.
Rizzo previously served a two-year state sentence for persistent sexual abuse before being released on parole in September, the records show. He was still on active parole on Monday.
WATCH: NYU student allegedly assaulted on way to class, video shows
The victim, identified on social media as NYU student Amelia Lewis, posted video and surveillance footage of the attack on X and TikTok, saying a man had assaulted her on the street without warning.
"When I turned around, I saw this old, White guy, and, like right when I turned around, he like grabbed my f------ hair like this and like yanked me and threw me to the ground," Lewis said.
A group of girls is then seen in the footage helping her up after she was knocked to the ground.
Lewis said the surveillance video was obtained by a friend of hers from a nearby liquor store. She described the assailant as a tall man with long brown hair and a long brown beard, wearing gray sweatpants, a black puffer jacket and a blue towel around his neck.
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The college student said she sent the video to NYU security, who forwarded the footage to police.
"The University is pleased that a suspect has been apprehended in the attack on one of its students that took place Monday morning on a Broadway sidewalk. We take this incident very seriously," said NYU spokesperson John Beckman. "We are continuing to offer support to the student, and our Campus Safety Department assisted the victim and worked with the police investigating the incident."
"I just really want to emphasize how not OK this is. I am a student at NYU. I should not be scared to be walking the street to go to my 9:30 a.m. class. These people are disgusting, and they should not be able to be walking around the street freely targeting girls and doing this. Cause I heard that this guy did this a month ago," Lewis said in the video.
"I'm honestly still in shock, but I'm more enraged that things like this are able to happen in this city, and we really need to do something about it because this is unacceptable," she continued.
"This just shows that you really need to reflect on who you're voting for and supporting right now because New York needs help, and we're just not getting the help we need, and this is crazy," she added.
Fox News' Jennifer Johnson contributed to this report.
Blues forward Alexey Toropchenko becomes latest NHL player injured in bizarre off-ice incident
A string of bizarre off-ice injuries plaguing the NHL this season has claimed another player this week.
The St. Louis Blues announced that forward Alexey Toropchenko would be listed as week-to-week after he sustained "scalding burns to his legs in a home accident." Details of what happened were not immediately clear.
"I just know it was a home accident, so we’re going to leave it at that," head coach Jim Montgomery told reporters on Monday.
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Toropchenko played in the Blues’ 1-0 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Saturday night, when he was assessed a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for colliding knee-to-knee with Logan Cooley.
His accident was announced on Monday morning.
Toropchenko is just the latest NHL player to be sidelined this season due to off-ice mishaps.
New Jersey Devils star Jack Hughes is out for two months after it was announced on Nov. 15 that he underwent surgery to repair a finger that was injured in a freak accident at a dinner at a Chicago steakhouse.
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The team declined to say which finger was injured, but a photo of Hughes at dinner with pop star Tate McRae went viral on social media and showed a bandaged right hand.
Days after Hughes’ surgery was announced, the Florida Panthers also shared that star forward Eetu Luostarinen was injured in "a barbequing mishap."
He was also listed as week-to-week, with no definite timetable for return.
"We don’t have a lot of experience with this," head coach Paul Maurice said at the time. "When he comes back and feels comfortable with the equipment on him, away we go."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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No Ukraine peace deal after lengthy five-hour Putin-Witkoff-Kushner meeting
A marathon five-hour meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner failed to yield any major breakthroughs in efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Witkoff and Kushner arrived in Moscow Tuesday for talks with the Kremlin leader following a Sunday meeting with key members of the Ukrainian delegation on a revised peace plan.
Putin’s foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov, who also attended the Witkoff-Kushner meeting alongside Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, told reporters after that the conversations were "extremely useful, constructive and substantive," according to a readout released by the Kremlin.
"We specifically discussed territorial issues, without which the crisis cannot be settled, as we see it. Of course, we also talked about the broad prospects for future economic interaction between our countries," said Ushakov.
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He added that the Russian side received four documents from Witkoff and Kushner during the meeting, including one that consisted of 27 points, but declined to go into detail of what they contained.
The original leaked 28-point plan was criticized by European leaders as too favorable to Moscow and later whittled down.
The issue of territory was a key part of the discussion, according to Ushakov, who said no compromise had yet been found.
"However, some of the American proposals appear more or less acceptable. They do, nevertheless, require further discussion. Certain wording we have been offered is not suitable for us. In other words, the work will continue," said the senior Russian diplomat.
A key sticking point in negotiations has been territorial demands from Russia, who wants Ukraine to relinquish the entire Donbas, including parts its military does not currently control.
The Institute for the Study of War, a nonpartisan public policy research organization that tracks the frontlines of the Russia-Ukraine war, said Russian forces have advanced in Sumy Oblast and near Kostiantynivka, Pokrovsk and Huliaipole.
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Ukraine’s Joint Forces Task Force reported on Telegram that its forces still control most of the city of Kupiansk, though Russian forces maintain isolated groups in the northern parts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that Rustem Umerov, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, was preparing for a meeting in Brussels with national security advisors to European leaders to brief their colleagues on the Witkoff-Kushner meeting with Putin.
"After Brussels, Rustem Umerov and Andrii Hnatov will begin preparations for a meeting with envoys of President Trump in the United States," said Zelenskyy. "As always, Ukraine will work constructively in pursuit of a real peace. I expect a new report following the results of today’s meetings in Europe."