First photo today speaks volumes with ONLY Witkoff & Kushner with ONLY Putin, Ushakov, Dmitriev. Intercept of Oct 29 betw Ushakov & Dmitriev, published by Bloomberg, shows that, in mid-Oct, Trump chose to put Rubio in his place; i.e., no place on Ukraine.
https://chron.com/business/article/us-envoy-witkoff-will-meet-putin-in-moscow-while-21218127.php