According to reports, a US official said that White House Special Envoy Witkov will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday to submit to him an updated cease-fire plan for the war in Ukraine. Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner will attend the conference online. Trump agreed to lift sanctions on Russian diesel sales and take other steps Russia is happy to see. The White House hopes that Putin will be more willing to make concessions as a result. Witkov first held one-day talks with Ukrainian President Zelensky in Oslo, Norway. Leaders of Norway and Finland, as well as representatives of France, Britain, Germany, Poland, the European Union, and NATO participated, and then went to Russia. Zelensky said on Tuesday that the next step should be to hold a tripartite meeting between him, Putin and Trump, but Russia has so far rejected the arrangement. A US official said that the US side hopes this new plan will set the path for direct talks between the three parties and broader multilateral negotiations. The US official said that Ukraine has put forward new ideas and proposals, and all parties have begun detailed discussions. The official said that substantial progress has been made in the talks, and the parties have reached a high level of agreement on next steps at the working level. According to people familiar with the matter, Kush attended the conference online and once again conveyed Trump's demand that Ukraine stop attacking Russian refining facilities.

According to reports, a US official said that White House Special Envoy Witkov will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday to submit to him an updated cease-fire plan for the war in Ukraine. Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner will attend the conference online. Trump agreed to lift sanctions on Russian diesel sales and take other steps Russia is happy to see. The White House hopes that Putin will be more willing to make concessions as a result. Witkov first held one-day talks with Ukrainian President Zelensky in Oslo, Norway. Leaders of Norway and Finland, as well as representatives of France, Britain, Germany, Poland, the European Union, and NATO participated, and then went to Russia. Zelensky said on Tuesday that the next step should be to hold a tripartite meeting between him, Putin and Trump, but Russia has so far rejected the arrangement. A US official said that the US side hopes this new plan will set the path for direct talks between the three parties and broader multilateral negotiations. The US official said that Ukraine has put forward new ideas and proposals, and all parties have begun detailed discussions. The official said that substantial progress has been made in the talks, and the parties have reached a high level of agreement on next steps at the working level. According to people familiar with the matter, Kush attended the conference online and once again conveyed Trump's demand that Ukraine stop attacking Russian refining facilities.