Trump says ‘great progress’ made in envoy Witkoff’s meeting with Putin

(Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff made “great progress” in his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Trump updated some of Washington’s European allies after the meeting.

“My Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff, just had a highly productive meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

“Everyone agrees this War must come to a close, and we will work towards that in the days and weeks to come,” he added.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Ryan Patrick Jones)

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