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MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters)
US President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for talks on a possible way to end the Ukraine war.
Trump has repeatedly said he wants to end the war in Ukraine, but his efforts so far, including a summit with Putin in Alaska in August, have not yet brought peace.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Witkoff's meeting with Putin would be in the second half of Tuesday, but he refused to be drawn on Russia's red lines, saying that megaphone diplomacy was not helpful.
A White House official said Witkoff would be joined by Kushner for his trip to Russia.
TRUMP, EUROPE, NATO AND BUSINESS WITH RUSSIA
Since the US draft proposals emerged late last month, European powers have been scrambling to bolster Ukraine against what they see as a punitive peace that could open up Russia to US investment in oil, gas and rare earths and return Moscow to the G8.
"We share the view that the war must be brought to a fair end," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on X after talks in Paris.
