White House special envoy Steve Witkoff was in Moscow on Wednesday to meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin ahead of President Trump's ceasefire deadline.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has not abandoned his ambitions to fully control the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, according to BILD. According to the publication’s sources, the Kremlin is offering only a partial ceasefire — halting attacks on energy facilities and major cities in the rear — but not a comprehensive truce.

As a deadline for U.S. secondary sanctions on Russia's trading partners approaches, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Russian President Vladimir.