President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday night in Moscow, as the White House seeks to persuade the Kremlin to accept a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine.

“The meeting between Witkoff and President Vladimir Putin will take place in a closed format this evening,” Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told the Russian state-owned news outlet Izvestia.

This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is available.

President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday night in Moscow, as the White House seeks to persuade the Kremlin to accept a ceasefire agreement in…