Steven Witkoff is the first senior U.S. official to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia since before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
An image taken from a video released by the Kremlin purported to show President Vladimir V. Putin, right, and Gen. Valery V. Gerasimov in Kursk, Russia, on Wednesday.
Leaders worked hard to get President Volodymyr Zelensky back in the good graces of President Trump, no matter how humiliating, and to shift the onus to Russia.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has offered repeated expressions of gratitute to President Trump in the days since their angry Oval Office meeting.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, photographed by state media this month. He has previously spoken of a desire for “a long-term peace” rather than “some kind of respite.”
The deeper discussion of a European force comes amid rising anger and dismay over President Trump’s embrace of Russia and abandonment of traditional allies.
President Emmanuel Macron of France assembled the chiefs of staff of more than 30 armed forces for a meeting on the conflict in Ukraine, in Paris, on Tuesday.
The deal announced on Tuesday delivered new momentum to efforts to halt the fighting, with the ball for any truce now in Russia’s court, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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