Trump's special envoy holds talks in Moscow and returns to the US for consultations

US President Donald Trump's special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, has held talks with Russian officials in Moscow. After the visit, he will return to the US to discuss the results of his meeting with Donald Trump.

Mike Volz, National Security Advisor to the US President, said in an interview with Fox News.

«I spoke with my colleague who is there now, and he is coming back so that we can assess the situation and discuss it with President Trump, who will decide on the next steps,» he said.

He stressed that the details of the talks were not disclosed at this time, but Washington was cautiously optimistic about the possibility of resolving the war between Russia and Ukraine.

According to him, after Witkoff returns to the US, the situation will be analysed in detail and discussed with Donald Trump, who will decide on further actions.

«I'm not going to announce or discuss anything on national television, especially not before the president,» Mike Volz said.

As a reminder, Steve Witkoff's trip took place after the Ukrainian delegation met with 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 Dmitry Peskov, Putin's chief international policy adviser Yuri Ushakov and US National Security Adviser Mike Volz had a telephone conversation the day before. It is also reported that Vladimir Putin may hold an international phone call on the evening of 13 March.

At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Vladimir Putin «is afraid to tell» US President Donald Trump directly that Russia wants to continue the war.