{"id":5013,"date":"2025-04-12T00:02:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T00:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/putin-witkoff-discuss-aspects-of-ukrainian-settlement-kremlin-says\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T00:02:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T00:02:53","slug":"putin-witkoff-discuss-aspects-of-ukrainian-settlement-kremlin-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/putin-witkoff-discuss-aspects-of-ukrainian-settlement-kremlin-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin, Witkoff discuss &#8216;aspects of Ukrainian settlement,&#8217; Kremlin says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/witkoff.jpeg\" alt=\"Putin, Witkoff discuss 'aspects of Ukrainian settlement,' Kremlin says\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This is a developing story. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded their talks, which focused on the &#8220;Ukrainian settlement,&#8221; the Kremlin said on April 11. <\/p>\n<p>The talks, held in St. Petersburg, mark Witkoff&#8217;s third in-person meeting with <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\"><strong>Putin.<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The topic of the meeting was aspects of the Ukrainian settlement,&#8221; the Kremlin said in a statement published after the talks. No further details were provided as to the content of the discussions. <\/p>\n<p>Russian envoy <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/whos-kirill-dmitriev-putins-trump-whisperer\/\"><strong>Kirill Dmitriev<\/strong><\/a>, who was present at the meeting between Putin and Witkoff, called the talks &#8220;productive.&#8221; Dmitriev also held a separate meeting with Witkoff earlier in the day. <\/p>\n<p>Witkoff has now left Russia, according to flight tracking data.<\/p>\n<p>The April 11 meeting follows a second round of diplomatic talks between U.S. and Russian officials in <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/us-russia-set-to-start-closed-consultations-in-istanbul-media-reports\/\"><strong>Istanbul<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> The talks focused on embassy operations and the war in Ukraine was reportedly not discussed.<\/p>\n<p>Witkoff&#8217;s latest meeting with Putin comes as Moscow continues to reject U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s calls for a complete <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ceasefire\/\"><strong>ceasefire<\/strong><\/a> between Russia and Ukraine. Russia has not only refused a full ceasefire, but has also continued to barrage Ukrainian cities with attacks and repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/ukraine-informs-us-about-russias-energy-ceasefire-violations\/\"><strong>violated the partial truce<\/strong><\/a> established in mid-March. <\/p>\n<p>Witkoff has told Trump that <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/witkoff-proposes-giving-russia-control-of-four-ukraines-oblasts-to-speed-up-ceasefire-reuters-reports\/\"><strong>giving Russia &#8220;ownership&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> of four illegally occupied Ukrainian regions would be the fastest way to achieve a ceasefire, Reuters reported on April 11, citing two unnamed U.S. officials and five other undisclosed sources.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters, Witkoff conveyed this proposal to Trump after meeting with Dmitriev <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/russia-seeks-resources-deal-with-us-lifting-sanctions-via-kirill-dmitriev-zelensky-says\/\"><strong>in early April<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Witkoff has courted controversy by <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/i-dont-regard-putin-as-a-bad-guy-witkoff-says-on-negotiations-with-russia\/\"><strong>parroting Russian propaganda<\/strong><\/a> regarding the illegal occupation of Ukraine&#8217;s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporishzhia, and Kherson oblasts. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/ukraine-war-latest-trump-urges-russia-to-get-moving-to-end-war-against-ukraine\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">Ukraine war latest: US envoy Witkoff proposes giving Russia \u2018ownership\u2019 of Ukrainian regions, Reuters reports<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">Key developments on April 11: * US envoy Witkoff proposes giving Russia \u2018ownership\u2019 of Ukrainian regions, Reuters reports * Trump urges Russia \u201cto get moving\u201d to end war against Ukraine * Putin meets U.S. envoy Witkoff to discuss Ukraine, Kremlin says * \u201cSeveral hundred\u201d Chinese nationals fight\u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"Putin, Witkoff discuss 'aspects of Ukrainian settlement,' Kremlin says\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">The Kyiv Independent news desk<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2205277277-4.jpg\" alt=\"Putin, Witkoff discuss 'aspects of Ukrainian settlement,' Kremlin says\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com<br \/>\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news and information in its entirety and distribute them further. The content was made available to us through the rss mechanism<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/putin-witkoff-discuss-aspects-of-ukrainian-settlement-kremlin-says\/\">Original Content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: This is a developing story. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded their talks, which focused on the &#8220;Ukrainian settlement,&#8221; the Kremlin said on April 11. 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