Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, in Moscow on Friday for discussions on the Ukraine conflict and other issues. The talks have proven to be “constructive” and brought the US and Russian positions “closer,” Yury Ushakov, an adviser to the Russian leader on international affairs, has said.
The discussion, which lasted for around three hours, was “very useful,”and brought “the positions of Russia and the US closer not only on Ukraine, but also on a number of other international issues,” Ushakov told reporters.
In particular, Putin and Witkoff discussed the “possibility of resuming direct negotiations between representatives of Russia and Ukraine,” Ushakov said, without providing further details.