Trump’s envoy meets with Putin in Russia as Ukraine ceasefire deadline looms

The Kremlin said that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff were “useful and constructive”.

Witkoff flew into Moscow on Wednesday, just two days before Trump’s 8 August deadline for Moscow to agree to a truce in its war in Ukraine or face potential sanctions.

Putin’s foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters that during the 3-hour talks, the president…