The onus now shifts to Putin, ahead of the eagerly watched summit with Steve Witkoff.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Trump envoy Witkoff to meet Putin tonight amid Ukraine ceasefire push – POLITICO

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Donald’s Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday night in Moscow as the White House pushes the Kremlin to accept a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine.

“The meeting between Witkoff and President Vladimir Putin will take place in a closed format this evening,” Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said in response to a question from Russian state-run news outlet Izvestia.

Talks have ramped up in recent days, as Trump’s team seeks to quell fighting in Ukraine, which Russia launched a full-scale invasion of in February 2022.