Good morning. On Tuesday, Vladimir Putin welcomed Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Moscow for talks on ending the war on Ukraine, nearly four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

The summit came amid intense diplomatic activity. Two weeks ago the US presented a 28-point peace plan to Kyiv that was widely seen as favourable to Moscow. Since then US and Ukrainian officials have met in Geneva and in Florida to rehash the plan. That revised offer was to form the basis of discussions at the summit.

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy , said the updated proposal “looks better” but emphasised “it was not over yet”. The White House said it was “very optimistic” about reaching a deal.

By Tuesday evening, though, there was no sign of progress as Witkoff dep

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