MOSCOW — White House envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, part of a last-ditch effort by the Trump administration to convince the Kremlin leader to make peace in Ukraine ahead of a U.S.-imposed deadline Friday, or face new economic penalties.

It was not immediately clear how much progress the two sides had made in the Kremlin meeting, which lasted three hours, according to Putin's press team.

The U.S. did not immediately comment on the meeting.

But in a sign that some new penalties over Russia's war were already underway, President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order saying he would slap an extra 25% tariff on India over its purchases of Russian oil.

The Kremlin, meanwhile, conveyed a positive take on the Witkoff meeting, releasing

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