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Kremlin confirms Trump's special representative has arrived in Russia-UPDATED

11 April 2025 12:23 (UTC +04:00)

The Kremlin has confirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump's special representative, Steve Witkoff, has arrived in Russia, APA's Moscow correspondent reports.

Russian President's spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Witkoff is currently on a visit to Russia.

Peskov added that if President Putin meets with Witkoff, the Kremlin will inform the public.

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U.S. President Trump's diplomatic envoy Steve Witkoff traveled to Russia and is expected to meet President Vladimir Putin on Friday, Axios reported citing a source familiar with the trip and FlightRadar data, APA reports.

This will be the third meeting between Witkoff and Putin as Trump pushes for a ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Trump has become frustrated that negotiations haven't made much progress in recent weeks, and said at one point that he was "pissed off" about comments Putin had made on Ukraine.

If no ceasefire is reached by the end of the month, Trump could move forward with additional sanctions on Russia either through executive power or by asking Congress to pass new sanctions legislation, a source familiar with the issue told Axios.

"We will know soon enough, in a matter of weeks, not months, whether Russia is serious about peace or not. I hope they are," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last week on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels.