Russia's President Vladimir Putin met U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff in the Kremlin on Friday, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted by Interfax as saying. "Russian President Vladimir Putin is receiving President Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff in the Kremlin,

U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Friday, Interfax news agency said, where he is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. Witkoff has emerged as Washington's key interlocutor with Putin as Trump pushes for a deal to end the war in Ukraine,

Yaroslav Moskalik, a senior Russian general, has died in a car bombing in the Russian city of Balashikha on Friday, according to authorities, with news of the blast breaking just as US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff was expected to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow.