Putin signals openness to Ukraine peace talks after Witkoff meeting
The short version
- Putin met with US special envoy Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg for over three hours.
- The Kremlin stated Russia is willing in principle to resume peace talks with Ukraine and the US in November.
- Witkoff praised Putin as a 'humanitarian' after the release of an American held in Russia.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed freezing the front line as a first step toward peace.
- Russia and Ukraine exchanged major attacks on each other's capitals after the talks.
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First reported by The Straits Times US officials plan to travel to Norway for Ukraine talks, sources say
Financial Times Trump envoys to hold fresh Ukraine talks as energy crunch looms over midterms
Euronews Trump envoy Witkoff to meet Zelenskyy in Oslo before planned Putin talks in Moscow
Al Jazeera English Zelenskyy to hold talks on Russia-Ukraine war with Witkoff, Europeans
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