Russia Says US Envoy Witkoff to Visit Moscow for Peace Talks

US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff will lead a delegation for talks in Russia next week, a Kremlin official said, as Donald Trump pushes for a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

“As for Witkoff, I can say there is a preliminary agreement that he will visit Moscow next week,” Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Putin, said in a video clip of an interview posted on Telegram Wednesday. “He and some other representatives of the administration involved in Ukrainian affairs.”