Witkoff and Kushner to meet Putin in Moscow

US President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner were set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday for talks on a possible way to end the deadliest European conflict since World War Two.

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Mr Trump has repeatedly said he wants to end the war in Ukraine, which his administration casts as a “bloodbath” and “a proxy war,” but his efforts so far, including a summit with Mr Putin in Alaska in August, have not yet brought peace.

A leaked set of 28 US draft peace proposals emerged last week, spooking Ukrainian and European officials who felt it bowed to Moscow's key demands on Nato, Moscow’s control of a fifth of Ukraine and restrictions on Ukraine’s army.

European powers then gave their counter-proposal for peace and at talks in Geneva, the US and Ukraine said they had created an “updated and refined peace framework” to end the war.