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Trump envoys Witkoff and Kellogg to go to Turkey for Russia-Ukraine talks, sources say

By Reuters 15 May 2025, 5:14 am Edit

US President Donald Trump’s senior envoys Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg will travel to Istanbul for potential talks on Thursday on how to end the war in Ukraine, three sources familiar with the plans say.

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, unleashing a war that has killed hundreds of thousands of soldiers on both sides.

The envoys will attempt to revive Trump’s stalled push to broker peace in the conflict, which he has repeatedly promised to end.

US officials are hoping Russia will agree to a comprehensive 30-day land, air, sea and critical infrastructure ceasefire, a senior US official says, adding that Kyiv has already agreed to abide by such a deal.

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