US has ‘cautious optimism’ on Ukraine ceasefire after Trump envoy’s Moscow visit – POLITICO

The U.S. has “some cautious optimism” that a ceasefire deal in the Ukraine war is coming soon, Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz said late Thursday.

His comments came after the American president’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, traveled to Moscow to negotiate directly with Vladimir Putin.

After hours of speculation, the Kremlin confirmed that the Russian president received Witkoff for a meeting late Thursday night to discuss the American proposal to end the full-scale invasion that Russia launched in February 2022.