US envoy Witkoff holds ‘constructive’ negotiations with Russia on Ukraine

US envoy Steve Witkoff said Saturday he had “productive and constructive meetings” with Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top economic adviser and special envoy, in Florida. The talks took place a day before a planned meeting in Abu Dhabi between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators, part of the Trump administration’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine.