US and Russia to figure out Trump-Putin talk after Witkoff reports back

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The Trump administration and the Kremlin intend to schedule a conversation between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin once U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff briefs Trump on his meeting with the Russian leader.

Putin and Witkoff met in Moscow on Thursday to discuss the United States’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war, which Kyiv has already signed off on.

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