Russian president Vladimir Putin met US president Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow for talks that began late on Tuesday.

Talks between Russia and the US on ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were productive, but much work remains, a senior adviser to Russian president Vladimir Putin told reporters.

Mr Putin met US president Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner in the Kremlin in Moscow for talks that began late on Tuesday as part of a renewed push by the Trump administration to broker a peace deal.

Both sides agreed not to disclose the substance of the talks.

The meeting came days after US officials held talks with a Ukrainian team in Florida and which US secretary of state Marco Rubio described in cautiously optimistic terms.

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