Witkoff meets with intransigent Putin on last-ditch mission to achieve ceasefire ahead of Friday deadline

WITKOFF MEETS PUTIN: Special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow early today, with no guarantee he would get another face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has steadfastly refused to agree to any of President Donald Trump’s overtures to bring the three-and-a-half-year Ukraine war to an end.

Witkoff was greeted by Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s point man, and the two were seen strolling through a park close to the Kremlin. A short time later, Putin’s office posted this terse statement: “The President of Russia met in the Kremlin with Special Envoy of the President of the United States of America Steve Witkoff.”