# US envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow today to tout Washington’s plan to settle the Ukrainian conflict, a day after president Donald Trump issued a direct appeal to his Russian counterpart to halt his offensive. Trump has failed to extract any major concessions from the Kremlin despite several rounds of negotiation. Russia launched its full-scale offensive on Ukraine in February 2022, hoping to take the country within days, but has since become embroiled in a huge, bloody conflict claiming tens of thousands.
Trump’s envoy meets Putin in Kremlin