US envoy Witkoff to meet Putin after constructive talks with Zelenskyy in Oslo

US envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday after "constructive" talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Oslo, as Washington pushes to end the war. The meeting aims to establish a route toward direct trilateral negotiations involving the US, Russia, and Ukraine. Zelenskyy said Ukraine is again receiving advance warnings of potential Russian missile attacks after a phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and discussed Patriot interceptors and Starlink systems. He reiterated calls for security guarantees modelled on Nato's Article 5 and a trilateral leaders' meeting. US President Donald Trump has pressed Kyiv to settle, saying Russia's military advantage stems from its grinding advance. Russian strikes continue across Ukraine, hitting energy infrastructure in seven regions, while Trump's moves toward Moscow have drawn bipartisan criticism in Congress.