US envoy Witkoff, Putin begin talks in Moscow

A meeting between US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Vladimir Putin has started in Moscow, the Kremlin said late Thursday, as the US pushes a plan to end the Ukraine war.

"A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Special Envoy Steven Witkoff has begun in the Kremlin," the Kremlin said on its Telegram account.

Russian state news agencies reported that President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner was also in the meeting, as well as Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev and Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov.