Amid a renewed U.S.-led diplomatic drive to end the Ukraine war, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russia's Vladimir Putin for a sixth time.

US President Donald Trump struck an optimistic tone on his Ukraine peace push after Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Trump described the talk as “a very good meeting,

The US officials invited Kyiv’s national security advisor Rustem Umerov to Florida for discussions after leaving their Tuesday meeting with Putin at the Kremlin without an agreement in hand.

LONDON -- The White House said it's is "very optimistic" ahead of special envoy Steve Witkoff's meeting in Moscow on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as U.S. officials continue their push to end Russia's war against Ukraine.

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, the president downplayed a report that his special envoy advised Russian officials on a peace plan.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff is preparing to meet with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin as Volodymyr Zelensky scrambles to consolidate European support.

Aide to the President Yury Ushakov : As you know, the President’s meeting with two representatives of US President Donald Trump – Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner – has just ended.

The American at the forefront of negotiating an end to the Ukraine war is not a veteran diplomat or the US secretary of state but a billionaire real estate developer, Steve Witkoff.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is showing no signs of compromise, the BBC's Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg says. It comes after Russian officials said "no compromise" was reached during five hours of talks between Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday.