The meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the US Special Ambassador Steve Witkoff was useful and constructive, He said on Wednesday after his end of Kremlin advisor Yuri Ušakov. According to him, the topic of the three -hour meeting was war in Ukraine and the perspectives of the possible development of strategic cooperation between Russia and the USA.
The Russian President has heard certain “signals” by US President Donald Trump through Witkoffinformed TASS and BBC. Witkoffa at Moscow Airport Vnukovo welcomed a special envoy of Russian President for Investment Cooperation Kirill Dmitrijev at approximately 7.00 am local time (6.00 h). Dmitriyev and Ušakov were present at his meeting with Putin.
“There was a very useful and constructive discussion,” Kremlina’s advisor said by the cited Russian -language editorial office of the BBC. According to her, he also marked the previous four meetings of Witkoff with Putin. “On the Russian side, some signals were sent out in particular on Ukraine. The relevant signals were also received from President Trump,” Ušakov said, adding that Putin now has all the information. The details of the outcome of the negotiations will only be provided later when Witkoff is aware of Trump.
It is the fifth Witkoff’s visit to Russia since the beginning of 2025. He was last in Moscow on April 25, previously 11 April in St. Petersburg. In both cases he was received by the Kremlin chief. Recently, Trump has repeatedly expressed his dissatisfaction with the approach of Putin and warned Moscow that if he did not end the war in Ukraine within 50 days, he will impose duties of 100 percent on its business partners. Later, the deadline shortened to ten days and expires this Friday.
Asked whether Moscow could avoid the imposition of US sanctions, Trump replied that the condition was to conclude an agreement “thanks to which people will stop dying”. According to him, the next steps of Washington will depend on the outcome of Witkoff’s negotiations in Moscow.
