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Steve Witkoff landed in St Petersburg for talks on ending the war in Ukraine. It comes a day after he met with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy in Norway.
Event intelligence
Ukraine peace talks push involving US, Russia and Ukraine
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Current state
U.S.-mediated trilateral peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States have begun in Abu Dhabi, the first such meeting in nine months. The opening session lasted nearly four hours and was described as 'very productive' by the U.S. and 'constructive and quite substantive' by Ukraine, though a cease-fire is not on the table and divisions over territorial concessions and security guarantees remain.
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DW
US envoy to meet Putin after 'positive' talks with Zelenskyy
Steve Witkoff landed in St Petersburg for talks on ending the war in Ukraine. It comes a day after he met with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy in Norway.
Al Jazeera
Witkoff in Russia for Putin meeting after ‘positive’ talks with Zelenskyy
Euronews
US envoy in Russia for Putin talks after 'positive' Zelenskyy meeting
Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is also expected to join Wednesday's meeting between Witkoff and Putin virtually, a US official told news agency AFP.
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France 24
US envoy Witkoff to meet Putin in Russia after 'positive' talks with Zelensky
US special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg Wednesday after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Oslo. US news outlet Axios reported that Witkoff would be presenting Putin with an updated peace proposal on ending the war in Ukraine.
