Vladimir Putin (L) sits at a large table with foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov (second right), Steve Witkoff (R) and one other manImage source, Getty Images
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Witkoff (R) said there was still important work to do after the meeting with Putin (L)

BySteve RosenbergRussia Editor, Reporting fromMoscow
  • Published40 minutes ago

After two days of diplomacy – in Norway's capital and Russia's St Petersburg – is the war in Ukraine any closer to ending?

"Good and constructive" is how Norway's prime minister described Tuesday's talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and European representatives.