US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to hold talks in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss the Trump administration's controversial proposal to end the war in Ukraine.

The meeting comes after Washington said it was feeling confident about the plan, following talks with Ukrainian negotiators in Florida.

"I think the administration feels very optimistic," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday.

Meanwhile Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was seeking support from European allies, who fear that the US plan -- drafted without input from Kyiv or Europe -- reads like a wishlist for Moscow.

But Ukraine's negotiator Rustem Umerov said "significant progress" had been achieved in the Florida talks, even though more work was needed on

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