Meeting between Putin and Witkoff ends after four hours

A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff in Saint Petersburg ended after more than four hours of talks, notably about Ukraine, Russian news agencies say.

According to the state RIA Novosti, the talks lasted four hours and 30 minutes. A correspondent for the Izvestia newspaper reported on Telegram that the delegations had left the presidential library where the meeting was held.