As U.S. President Donald Trump trades barbs with Russian officials amid growing tensions, he has announced he may send his special envoy Steve Witkoff to Russia this week. The visit, which Russia has yet to confirm,

President Donald Trump’s trusted foreign envoy Steve Witkoff is due in Moscow on Wednesday after the Kremlin requested a meeting with him in a last-ditch effort to avoid the punishing new sanctions Trump has threatened to impose this week,

US envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow for three hours on Wednesday. While the meeting aimed to explore a diplomatic path to end the Ukraine war, the Trump administration confirmed it will still proceed with new secondary sanctions on Russia this Friday.