US Special Envoy Meets Putin to Discuss Resumption of Ukraine Peace Talks

US President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on October 21 to explore the possibility of resuming trilateral peace talks on the Ukraine war, involving Kyiv and Washington. This meeting followed earlier discussions in Oslo with Ukrainian and European representatives, and the European Commission is awaiting a briefing on its outcome.