What changed in this update
Steve Witkoff landed in St Petersburg for talks on ending the war in Ukraine. It comes a day after he met with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy in Norway.
Event intelligence
Ukraine peace talks push involving US, Russia and Ukraine
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Current state
Trilateral peace talks involving Ukraine, the United States and Russia are set to restart in November after US envoy Steve Witkoff met both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, though Russia-Ukraine strikes have continued alongside the diplomatic push.
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What changed
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said trilateral Ukraine-US-Russia peace talks will restart in November, and stated Ukraine will not discuss limits on its armed forces or enforced neutrality.
In this event Zelenskyy says peace talks with Russia, US to restart Ukraine hit by strikes after Russia agrees to new peace talks Ukraine and Russia exchange strikes after US envoy visit to the Kremlin Ukraine, Russia trade strikes after Witkoff talks Zelensky proposes freezing front with Russia as first step to peace talks
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DW
US envoy to meet Putin after 'positive' talks with Zelenskyy
Steve Witkoff landed in St Petersburg for talks on ending the war in Ukraine. It comes a day after he met with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy in Norway.
Al Jazeera
Witkoff in Russia for Putin meeting after ‘positive’ talks with Zelenskyy
Euronews
US envoy in Russia for Putin talks after 'positive' Zelenskyy meeting
Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is also expected to join Wednesday's meeting between Witkoff and Putin virtually, a US official told news agency AFP.
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France 24
US envoy Witkoff to meet Putin in Russia after 'positive' talks with Zelensky
US special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg Wednesday after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Oslo. US news outlet Axios reported that Witkoff would be presenting Putin with an updated peace proposal on ending the war in Ukraine.
