US envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin for a three-hour assembly on the Kremlin on Wednesday, as Washington pushes for an finish to the conflict in Ukraine. The talks come simply two days earlier than the expiry of a deadline set by US President Donald Trump for Moscow to conform to peace or face contemporary sanctions.Trump, writing on his Reality Social platform, mentioned the assembly was “extremely productive” and hinted at diplomatic progress.“My Particular Envoy, Steve Witkoff, simply had a extremely productive assembly with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Nice progress was made!” he posted. “Afterwards, I up to date a few of our European Allies. Everybody agrees this Battle should come to a detailed, and we are going to work in the direction of that within the days and weeks to return.”The Kremlin has not issued an announcement but, and it’s nonetheless unclear if any particular choices have been made throughout the assembly. Nonetheless, the US says it should nonetheless impose sanctions on Russia’s buying and selling companions regardless of talks, studies information company AFP.The go to was deliberate as a last-minute try to cease extra sanctions. Trump has been brazenly annoyed with the sluggish progress in ending the over-3-year conflict. He warned that international locations nonetheless buying and selling with Russia, like India and China, might face excessive tariffs.Studies by Bloomberg and Russian outlet The Bell reported that the Kremlin might suggest a short lived halt to air strikes by each Russia and Ukraine as a possible compromise. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko reportedly mentioned the identical thought with Putin final week. Since peace talks resumed in Might, Russia has escalated its air assaults. A minimum of 72 individuals have been killed in latest strikes on Kyiv, which Trump final week condemned as “disgusting”.On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned he spoke with Trump after US envoy visited Moscow.
