Ukraine peace, prisoner release & Trump meeting: What was discussed in Putin's meeting with US envoy Witkoff

Putin, right, greets Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with US special envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg on Wednesday, as Washington intensified efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the nearly five-year-long war in Ukraine.The meeting came a day after Witkoff met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Norway, where the two sides discussed a possible peace framework. The US envoy arrived in Russia with fresh proposals aimed at bringing Moscow and Kyiv back to the negotiating table.The discussions covered several issues beyond Ukraine, including the release of an American prisoner, renewed US-Russia economic cooperation, Russian diesel exports and the possibility of a meeting between Putin and US President Donald Trump in China.Ukraine peace proposals and trilateral talksWitkoff presented documents outlining possible ways to settle the Ukraine conflict, according to Russian news agency Interfax. He also urged Putin to consider resuming trilateral talks involving Russia, Ukraine and the United States to address technical issues surrounding a potential peace agreement.A US official told CNN that Washin...