One of President Donald Trump’s top envoys chose his words carefully on Sunday in discussing Moscow’s evasiveness over a prospective peace deal with Ukraine. “I don’t want to put words in President [Vladimir] Putin’s mouth,

A conversation between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin is expected to take place next week, says US special envoy Steve Witkoff in an interview with CNN. When asked by a journalist about the timing of the deal,

"I'll be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday. A lot of work's been done over the weekend," Trump told reporters on Air Force One during a late flight back to the Washington area from Florida. "We want to see if we can bring that war to an end.