# Putin and U.S. envoy Witkoff meet in St. Petersburg as Washington presses a new plan to end Ukraine war

https://mins.news/en/item/109607

- Meduza, 2026-10-21 14:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/21/putin-and-u-s-envoy-witkoff-hold-talks-in-st-petersburg-as-washington-pushes-a-new-plan-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine

> U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg as Washington renewed efforts to restart talks on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine. Witkoff said he brought documents outlining approaches to a peaceful settlement and hoped Putin would consider resuming trilateral talks. The meeting followed talks in Oslo with Volodymyr Zelensky and European officials, which Finland’s president said made “real progress.”

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