U.S. envoy Witkoff meets Putin in St. Petersburg to discuss Ukraine peace talks

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U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, following talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Oslo. Witkoff said he hoped to resume trilateral U.S.-Russia-Ukraine talks, while Putin thanked him for peace efforts. Zelenskyy stated that freezing the conflict is the minimum required to end the war, as Trump pressures Kyiv to negotiate a deal. The meeting comes over four years after Russia's invasion, with no significant progress in peace efforts. Russian attacks overnight killed five people in Ukraine, while Moscow reported intercepting 373 Ukrainian drones.


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