US envoy Witkoff, Putin discuss ‘possibility’ of direct Russia-Ukraine talks
AFP | Moscow
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US envoy Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin yesterday discussed the “possibility” of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine during a meeting in Moscow, the Kremlin said yesterday.
Donald Trump is pushing for a ceasefire in the three-year conflict but has so far been unable to extract any meaningful concessions from Putin.
Witkoff held a three-hour meeting with the Russian leader in the Kremlin, Moscow said, a day after a Russian strike killed 12 people in Kyiv.
“There was a discussion on the possibility of renewing direct negotiations between representatives of the Russian Federation and Ukraine,” Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said after he talks.
He called the conversation “constructive and very useful.” Russia and Ukraine have not held direct talks on halting the fighting since the start of Moscow’s 2022 offensive.
Lower-level officials have cooperated in areas such as prisoner exchanges, the return of dead soldiers’ remains and to strike the now-defunct Black Sea grain deal in 2022.
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