Kremlin talks on how to end Ukraine war
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Special envoy, Steve Witkoff, meets President Putin at the Kremlin with the latest US plan to end war in Ukraine. President Zelensky says Ukraine is committed to achieving a "real and secure peace". Also: The number of dead in the devastating floods and landslides in Sumatra in Indonesia has risen to more than seven-hundred. Hundreds more are feared buried in mud; the Sri Lankan authorities say the flash flooding and landslides have also killed hundreds there. 150,000 people have attended a mass held by Pope Leo in Beirut. A special BBC report on a dam collapse at a Chinese copper mine in Zambia leading to toxic waste, including heavy metals, pouring into the surrounding waterways and farmland.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.2 | I'm Valerie Sanderson, and at 16 hours GMT on Tuesday the 2nd of December, these are our main stories. |
| 0:17.5 | The US envoy, Steve Whitkoff, and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are in Moscow, |
| 0:22.6 | meeting President Putin for talks on an amended peace plan to end the war in Ukraine. We're in |
| 0:28.4 | Ukraine to gauge the mood of people there following Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. Also, |
| 0:34.9 | more than 700 people have died in severe flooding in Indonesia. |
| 0:41.0 | Plus, on the final day of his trip to Lebanon, Pope Leo holds a mass in Beirut and makes this appeal to the region. |
| 0:48.1 | The Middle East needs new approaches in order to reject the mindset of revenge and violence. |
| 0:56.4 | And why conchis found in Spain may be some of the world's oldest musical instruments. |
| 1:10.1 | We start with the war in Ukraine and ongoing international efforts to try to end the fighting there following the Russian invasion in February 22. |
| 1:19.5 | As we record this podcast, President Trump's special envoy Steve Whitkoff is in Moscow for talks with President Putin, |
| 1:26.6 | where he's expected to present an amended |
| 1:28.6 | peace plan after the original 28-point proposal was rejected both by Ukraine and its European |
| 1:35.1 | partners. They'd argued it was overly weighted towards Russian demands. We asked our Russia |
| 1:40.8 | editor, Steve Rosenberg, whether Mr Putin is likely to accept this latest peace plan. |
| 1:46.3 | From what President Zelensky was saying yesterday in Paris, there are tough issues that still have to be worked through. |
| 1:53.3 | Top of the list, it seems, is the issue of territory. |
| 1:56.5 | Remember that up to this point, Russia has been demanding that Ukraine simply hand over those parts of the Donbass in eastern Ukraine that Ukraine still controls. |
| 2:06.0 | In other words, areas that Russia has not been able to seize militarily in four years of war, that has been unacceptable to Kiev. |
| 2:14.7 | And up to this point, President Putin has shown little sign of wanting to compromise or make any concessions. |
| 2:21.9 | Having said that, over the last few days, we've seen intense diplomacy. From the moment that the Americans handed over that 28-point plan, draft peace plan to the Ukrainians. |
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