By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on France 24
US envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg, after talks with the Ukrainian president and European leaders in Oslo. The visit is part of US efforts to restart negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, France 24 reports.
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