A meeting between Whitkoff and Putin could take place today

US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Whitkoff may meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin today, 11 April. This was reported in the portal Axios.

 

“President Donald Trump’s diplomatic envoy Steve Whitkoff has headed to Russia and is expected to meet with President Vladimir Putin on Friday [11 April 2025 – ed],” the report said.

Axios noted that this could be the third meeting between the special envoy and the Russian president.

We shall remind you that earlier Steven Whitkoff said that the “key issue” in the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine was the status of Crimea, the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.