Steve Witkoff has met the Russian president in the latest round of diplomacy

Russian President Vladimir Putin held lengthy talks with US special envoy Steve Witkoff at the Kremlin on Friday.

Witkoff’s visit was part of a broader diplomacy push by the administration of US President Donald Trump to advance bilateral efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict. The trip was Witkoff’s fourth diplomatic visit to Russia, which included at least three meetings with Putin, since the resumption of US-Russia talks. 

The meeting took place behind closed doors, just like the previous visits by the US envoy, this time at the Kremlin.

Putin’s foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov and presidential investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev also took part in the meeting.

Here are the key takeaways from the talks.