After the meeting, Yury Ushakov said that Steve Witkoff had received some signals on the Ukrainian issue, and in turn, reciprocal signals had been received from US President Donald Trump

The US leader previously said that Steve Witkoff may travel to Russia on Wednesday or Thursday

Talks between the two men come ahead of this Friday’s deadline set by Donald Trump for ending the war in Ukraine

This is Steve Witkoff's fifth visit to Russia since the beginning of the year

The meeting also involved Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov

The meeting between the Russian president and US special presidential envoy lasted about three hours

MOSCOW: Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US special envoy Steve Witkoff were “useful and constructive,” Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on…

After the meeting, Yury Ushakov said that Steve Witkoff had received some signals on the Ukrainian issue, and in turn, reciprocal signals had been received from US President…

The US state secretary confirmed that Steve Witkoff was en route back to the US

The US president said he updated some European allies on that