US Special Envoy Vitkoff arrives in Moscow amid ceasefire talks

Steve Witkoff, photo: getty images

The plane of US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff has landed at Moscow's Vnukovo airport.

This was reported by «RIA Novosti» and the Russian news agency «Interfax».

Steve Witkoff's trip follows a meeting between the Ukrainian delegation and US Secretary of State Mark Rubio and National Security Advisor Mike Volz in Saudi Arabia. During the talks, Kyiv supported the idea of a temporary ceasefire.

US President Donald Trump said that a «semi-ceasefire had been reached in the war between Russia and Ukraine», and it was now important that Moscow agreed to it. Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed that the 30-day ceasefire would only work if the Kremlin agrees.

Moscow says it is not yet ready «to get ahead of itself» on the issue of ending hostilities. According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitrii Peskov, Putin's chief international policy adviser Yuri Ushakov and US National Security Adviser Mike Volz had a telephone conversation the day before. There are also reports that Vladimir Putin may hold an international phone call on the evening of 13 March.