Trump envoy Witkoff meets Putin ahead of Russia-Ukraine peace deadline, the Kremlin says

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with U.S. President Donald Trump´s special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, days before the White House´s deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or potentially face severe economic penalties that could also hit countries buying its oil.

The meeting between Putin and Witkoff lasted about three hours. Putin´s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said that Putin and Witkoff had a "useful and constructive conversation" that focused on the Ukrainian crisis and, in a nod toward improving relations between Washington and Moscow, "prospects for possible development of strategic cooperation between the U.S. and Russia."

Earlier, Witkoff took an early morning stroll through Zaryadye Park, a stone's throw from the Kremlin, with Kirill Dmitriev, the Russian president's envoy for investment and economic cooperation, footage aired by TASS showed. Dmitriev said later on social platform X that "dialogue will prevail."

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