Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff met Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin as the White House launched its latest effort to get Moscow to agree to end its nearly four-year-old invasion of Ukraine.

Witkoff, 68, was joined at the Kremlin by Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner two days after the pair were part of talks between American and Ukrainian delegations in South Florida .

Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Tuesday’s discussions would go on “as long as needed” and only an interpreter would join Witkoff and Kushner on the US side.

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets envoy Steve Witkoff during a previous meeting in Moscow on August 6, 2025. via REUTERS

Prior to the meeting, Russian state news agency TASS published video of Witkoff, Kushner a

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