U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin for three hours in Moscow on Friday to discuss the U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine, and Trump said the two sides were "very close to a deal,

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's special envoy, has landed in Moscow, Interfax news agency said. He is expected to meet Vladimir Putin later on Friday—his fourth meeting with the Russian president this year.