The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff.

As the Trump administration’s sanctions deadline looms over Russia, the Kremlin said that US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a “constructive and useful” meeting on Wednesday,

Moscow has claimed that during a meeting between Russian ruler Vladimir Putin and Steven Witkoff, US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy for the Middle East, the two discussed "prospects for strategic cooperation" between Russia and the United States and exchanged "signals" regarding Ukraine.