Putin aide confirms upcoming visit by US negotiators

Steve Witkoff and other delegates seeking to resolve the Ukraine conflict are heading to Moscow next week, Yury Ushakov has said

US special envoy Steve Witkoff and other officials involved in negotiations on resolving the Ukraine conflict will visit Moscow next week, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov has confirmed.

Ushakov, who advises President Vladimir Putin on foreign affairs, mentioned the trip in remarks on a Bloomberg report, which quoted what it claimed were leaked phone calls Ushakov held with Witkoff and senior Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev.

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