Trump envoy heads to Moscow for more Ukraine peace talks with Putin

Reuters - 23:56
U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, will visit Moscow this week for a new round of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine, the White House said on Tuesday.
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MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, will visit Moscow this week for a new round of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine, the White House said on Tuesday.
Witkoff has previously held three long meetings with Putin on prospects for an end to the war in Ukraine.

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump had met Witkoff earlier in the day and "they wanted everyone to know that the negotiations continue" and that Witkoff was headed to Russia later this week.
Trump "wants to see peace, he wants this war to end" and he has grown frustrated with both sides of the war, she said.
Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yury Ushakov said ea...
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