BERLIN — Steve Witkoff, an envoy for President Trump, met with President Vladimir Putin of Russia for the fifth time this year Wednesday, holding talks Trump has described as pivotal in determining whether the United States goes ahead with new sanctions against Russia.

Russian news agencies said the meeting lasted about three hours, but there was little immediate clarity about how it went.

Yuri Ushakov, Putin's foreign policy adviser, said Witkoff had passed along "signals" from Trump and that Putin had conveyed "some signals" back. Ushakov called the meeting "very useful and constructive," and said he would offer more details once Witkoff had briefed Trump.

Previous meetings between Witkoff and Putin drew similar praise from the Kremlin without leading to any breakthroughs in stopping

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