The Kremlin said Wednesday that its army's recent battlefield successes in Ukraine had bolstered its position in talks to end the fighting, as both Moscow and Kyiv prepared for more negotiations with the United States.

US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner negotiated into the early hours with Vladimir Putin but no breakthrough for a peace settlement was announced.

The Kremlin said the two sides had failed to find a "compromise" on the crucial issue of territories and that Ukraine's participation in NATO remained a "key" question in the talks.

The White House had previously voiced optimism about its plan to end Europe's worst conflict since World War II but that hope appeared to fade on Wednesday, with Moscow saying it had found parts of the plan "u

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