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Moscow says Putin-Witkoff talks on Ukraine war were ‘constructive’
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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (left) greets US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff prior to their talks in Moscow on August 6, 2025. (Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP)
Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US special envoy Steve Witkoff were “useful and constructive,” says Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov.
Witkoff held around three hours of talks with Putin in the Kremlin, two days before the expiration of a deadline set by US President Donald Trump for Russia to agree to peace in Ukraine or face new sanctions.
Ushakov tells Russian news outlet Zvezda that the two sides discussed the conflict in Ukraine and the potential for improving US-Russia relations. He says Moscow had received certain “signals” from Trump and had sent messages in return.
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