Witkoff heads to Russia for Putin talks as Zelenskyy insists 'nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine'

TOPSHOT - In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin greets US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff prior to their talks in Moscow on August 6, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Gavriil Grigorov | Afp | Getty ImagesU.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisted that any negotiations over his country's future must include Kyiv.Speaking alongside the leaders of Finland and Norway in Oslo late on Tuesday, Zelenskyy said discussions with U.S. officials had been constructive and that Washington had reaffirmed its commitment to providing Ukraine with security guarantees.But he stressed that any agreement concerning Ukraine's future would be acceptable only if Kyiv had a seat at the negotiating table."It can be acceptable only when we are at the table of negotiations," he said, adding that he had discussed the reported proposal of a trilateral meeting between the U.S., China, and Russia to negotiate an end to the almost five-year confli...