Ukraine talks: US envoy meets Vladimir Putin in Russia

Home Europe To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: US special envoy Steve Witkoff speaks during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Constantine Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2026. via REUTERS - Gavriil Grigorov 07:00 Issued on: 21/10/2026 - 13:04Modified: 21/10/2026 - 13:06 US envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday about Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as US President Donald Trump pushes Kyiv to make a deal that stops the fighting. The day before, the American official had met with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in Oslo, Norway. Details by FRANCE 24 international affairs editor Philip Turle. Keywords for this article