Witkoff Holds Talks With Putin as Trump’s Ukraine War Deadline Looms

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will implement ’severe tariffs’ on Russia if they do not make progress on peace talks with Ukraine by Aug. 9.
Witkoff Holds Talks With Putin as Trump’s Ukraine War Deadline Looms
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff (R) shake hands at the Kremlin in Moscow on Aug. 6, 2025. Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/Kremlin/via AP
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks in the Kremlin on Wednesday as Washington’s deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine approaches. Details have not yet emerged of what they discussed.

The meeting between Witkoff and Putin lasted for three hours, but details have not yet emerged of what they discussed.
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