KYIV - President Donald Trump threatened new sanctions against Russia after a brief meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of Pope Francis' funeral Saturday. The meeting between the two leaders came amid a Ukrainian diplomatic blitz to head off a U.

U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday at what Trump has said is a key moment in diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine. Witkoff has emerged as Washington's key interlocutor with Putin as Trump pushes for a deal to end the war,

The special representative of the US President, Steve Witkoff, flew to Moscow on April 25 to discuss the settlement of the war. He met with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, according to Russian media.