President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff is due to travel to Moscow on Monday to present a peace plan proposal to Russian President Vladimir Putin in what is expected to be a crucial test for the Trump administration's efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

Witkoff is travelling to Putin a day after taking part in talks with a high-level Ukrainian delegation in Florida, aimed at trying to find a deal to end the war that Ukraine and Russia might accept. The Kremlin on Monday said a meeting between Witkoff and Putin was scheduled for Tuesday.

"The president will hold several closed-door meetings today in preparation for the Russian-American contacts," spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow.

There is little expectation Putin will agree to a deal. The Russian leader

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