President Donald Trump’s top negotiator in Ukraine appeared like a deer in headlights discussing what the president had achieved in his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, days before a deadline imposed by the U.S. president for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or potentially face severe economic penalties.

Trump projected optimism after his special envoy's Moscow visit, with the White House saying that he was "open" to meeting with both Putin and Zelenskyy.

As a deadline for U.S. secondary sanctions on Russia's trading partners approaches, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Russian President Vladimir.

The meeting between US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday was “constructive and useful,” the Kremlin said, according to Russian state media TASS.

President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday to discuss what he would require in a peace deal with Russia.

The Ukrainian president says Monday's talks have been "constructive" as European leaders repeat calls for a ceasefire.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived at the White House, bringing with him an extraordinary cadre of European leaders with him to show U.S. President Donald Trump a united front against Russia.