Vladimir Putin has held a three hour long "last ditch" talk with the White House special envoy as the deadline for peace in Ukraine looms. The Russian President met with Steve Witkoff during a last-minute attempt to seek a breakthrough in long and brutal war in Ukraine.

White House envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a last-ditch effort to convince him to make peace in Ukraine or face punishing new economic penalties by Friday.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff held "useful and constructive" talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, a Kremlin aide said, two days before a deadline set by President Donald Trump for Russia to agree to peace in Ukraine or face new sanctions.