Trump envoy Steve Witkoff meets Putin, signals progress toward ending war

President Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday that his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, had a "highly productive meeting" with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump said “great progress was made” and that he has since updated European allies. Trump said that “everyone agrees this war must come to a close,” and pledged efforts toward that goal in the coming weeks.

"My Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff, just had a highly productive meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Great progress was made! Afterwards, I updated some of our European Allies. Everyone agrees this War must come to a close, and we will work towards that in the days and weeks to come. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
 

Trump says "Great progress was made!" after Steve Witkoff's meeting with Putin pic.twitter.com/p1fGPgDy0q

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