US envoy Witkoff concludes talks with Putin at the Kremlin on Ukraine war

02/12/2025 15:29 France 24

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday at the Kremlin for almost five hours of talks seeking to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, with a Russian envoy calling the discussions "productive".

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