The Interfax news agency says that US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in Moscow, where he is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Witkoff, who serves as Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, has emerged as Washington’s key interlocutor with Putin as Trump pushes for a deal to end the war in Ukraine, and has already held three long meetings with the Kremlin leader.
His latest visit to Moscow comes a day after Trump criticised a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv that killed at least 12 people, and posted on social media: “Vladimir, STOP!”
But Trump also said there has been significant progress in peace talks, telling reporters yesterday that the coming days will be “very important.”
“Meetings are taking place right now,” he said. “I think we’re going to make a deal … I think we’re getting very close.”
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