U.S. envoys arrived at the Kremlin for talks with President Vladimir Putin in a renewed push for a Ukraine peace deal, as Kyiv warned restrictions had reappeared on its Starshield internet terminals used by frontline troops.

Video posted by Russian state media on Thursday showed the motorcade for U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arriving ahead of the meeting.

The U.S. officials traveled to Russia from Abu Dhabi, where they held two days of talks with Ukrainian and Russian officials, the first trilateral negotiations since February.

The envoys plan to travel on from Moscow to Dublin for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who’s taking part in a meeting of leaders of the European Political Community.

Russia and Ukraine remain far apart on many issues including territory and security guarantees in the negotiations to end Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II. The war has disrupted shipping in oil and grains, spurring increased energy and food prices globally.

Zelenskyy on Thursday said Ukraine’s military had “unfortunately recorded significant Starshield outages for several days already,” along the front line and in Russian-occupied territories.

Ukraine relies on Starlink terminals and SpaceX’s satellite constellation to access high-speed internet at frontline positions. Services cut out at speeds above 161 kilometers (100 miles) per hour, complicating Ukraine’s ability to intercept Russian jet-powered drones, Zelenskyy said.

The development threatens a repeat of the controversy last month when Ukraine reported similar limitations in its use of the system provided by billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Zelenskyy at the time accused Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump of ordering the internet system to be throttled to pressure Kyiv into concessions for a deal to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Trump said he didn’t order speed limits for Starlink operations, but criticized Zelenskyy, saying the Ukrainian is more difficult to deal with than Putin. Musk accused Ukraine of violating its terms of service by using the system for offensive drone strikes. The limits were lifted on Oct. 24.

Territorial issues remain the hardest part of the negotiations, though the two sides are discussing a substantial exchange of prisoners, Kushner told reporters on Wednesday. Zelenskyy said the exchange could include up to 1,200 prisoners.

Kushner said that the meeting with Putin aims to “make more progress on some of the issues that we discussed, because we see some openings and some opportunities there.”

There’s little sign of de-escalation in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now well into its fifth year. Moscow has stepped up missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, logistics and business while Kyiv regularly strikes oil refineries and other targets deep inside Russia to try to curb the Kremlin’s war revenue. Fighting continues along the frontline, with neither side making significant gains.

The war will dominate discussions Thursday at the European summit, which brings together more than 50 leaders from the continent and beyond.

Zelenskyy earlier said that political shifts in the U.S. and elsewhere are creating a “window of opportunity” to discuss peace with Russia. He implored his European allies to finally pick a representative to join the peace talks after years of disagreement.

“We need to choose who will represent Europe. We need to choose concrete leaders of Europe,” said Zelenskyy, who met with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin in Dublin. “We need to do it in November.”

The Ukrainian leader argued Europe must be involved in the revived American efforts to engage with Russia.

The Americans are warming to Europe being part of the talks, Zelenskyy added. “We want Europe to be not there on the margins, not on the sidelines of the meetings,” he said. “We want them to participate on equal footing the next time.”

Zelenskyy insisted that if everyone is involved, negotiations could show progress by the beginning of 2027.

Europe, however, has struggled to agree on who should speak for the entire continent in any peace talks with Russia.

Big powers like Germany, France and the U.K. have at times taken the lead, while the leaders of Norway and Finland recently created their own direct channel to Putin. European Council President Antonio Costa even put out feelers to Moscow on behalf of the European Union.

Europeans have been forced to face a resurgent Russia mostly alone, after Trump cut much-needed aid to Ukraine, dropped sanctions on Russian diesel and openly derided NATO and the European security architecture.

The previous trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi were suspended in February, when Trump shifted focus to his war with Iran.

Europe’s attention is turning to how to fund Ukraine into 2027 and beyond. E.U. countries are starting to consider another loan as Kyiv’s military and financial needs rise.

Officials are once again exploring jointly borrowing money — similar to what the E.U. did to secure a €90 billion ($99.8 billion) loan for Ukraine to cover 2026 and 2027. That path remains the most likely option as Belgium continues to stymie efforts to use Russia’s frozen central bank assets, Bloomberg previously reported.

Ukraine has said its budgetary gap could hit €70 billion next year.

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