PUTIN TO MEET WITKOFF ON TUESDAY IN MOSCOW – Putin last week repeated his demands for Moscow to drop its offensive
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks on Ukraine with US envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Tuesday afternoon, the Kremlin said.
The pair will meet after American and Ukrainian officials held negotiations on a US plan that Washington wants to be a basis to end fighting between Moscow and Kyiv.
“The meeting with Witkoff is planned for tomorrow,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, including from AFP, in a briefing on Monday, adding that it will take place “in the second half of the day.”
Putin last week repeated his demands for Moscow to drop its offensive, which are for Kyiv to surrender territories Moscow claims as its own.
Witkoff has met Putin in the Kremlin several times.
Meanwhile the EU has said the coming week could be “pivotal” for Ukraine. Kaja Kallas, the EU’s chief diplomat said on Monday that peace efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine could enter a decisive phase after a new round of talks between the US and Ukraine over the weekend.
