US special envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin after Ukraine’s leader said American intelligence sharing about deadly Russian strikes “works now”.
Kyiv had accused the US of recently withholding such intelligence, causing Ukrainians to lose their lives – a claim rejected as “scandalous” by Washington.
Volodymyr Zelensky was speaking after meeting Witkoff in Oslo on Tuesday for talks later described as “constructive” by a US official.
The Ukrainian president and his European allies said it was now up to Russia to respond to the proposals agreed in Oslo when Witkoff meets Putin in St Petersburg on Wednesday to discuss measures to end the war.
Putin is yet to publicly comment on the latest developments, but Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said the Kremlin will listen to what Witkoff offers while ruling out “any political concessions”.