President Putin meets with US special envoy at Kremlin; possibility of presenting new proposal for peace in Ukraine

On the 5th, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. special envoy for the Middle East Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Kushner at the Kremlin (presidential palace) in the capital Moscow. TASS reported. The US may have proposed a new peace plan to end Russia's continued invasion of Ukraine.

US special envoy meets with Putin on 5th, also visits Ukraine for the first time

This is Witkoff's first visit to Moscow since January. Putin began by pointing out that the situation surrounding peace in Ukraine was "not easy," and said he was ready to explain Russia's position. The meeting lasted about three hours.

Witkov and his colleagues are scheduled to visit Ukraine on the 6th and meet with President Zelenskiy. He is expected to discuss matters such as the content of his talks with Putin. This is the first visit to Ukraine by Witkoff and others under the second Trump administration.

Putin praised Witkov's visit to Ukraine, saying, ``Such contacts are always useful.'' He also announced that he had ordered a three-day suspension of attacks on the capital, Kiiv, from the 5th to the 7th. Zelenskiy also announced a three-day suspension of attacks.