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US special envoy and the US President's son-in-law Jared Kushner attended talks in Moscow this week
US special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet the head of Ukraine's national security council, Rustem Umerov, for talks in Miami on Thursday, the White House has confirmed.
US President Trump said the talks - also attended by his son-in-law Jared Kushner - were "reasonably good", but added that it was too soon to say what would happen because "it does take two to tango."
When asked by a reporter whether Witkoff and Kushner believed Putin genuinely wanted to end the war, Trump said: "[Putin] would like to end the war. That was their impression."
Ahead of the US visit to the Kremlin, Putin was filmed in army fatigues at a Russian command post, being briefed by commanders claiming the conquest of the key strategic city of Pokrovsk, in eastern Ukraine, as well as other nearby settlements.
Fighting in Pokrovsk is continuing and Russian forces do not control the whole city, but Russian officials clearly believe their message of military gains has been heard by the US.
Russian forces have made some incremental advances in the east and appear to have stepped up their campaign in recent weeks. They seized about 701 sq km (270 sq miles) of Ukrainian territory in November, according to AFP analysis of data from the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW), and they now control 19.3% of Ukrainian territory.