U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Wednesday on a last-minute mission to seek a breakthrough in the Ukraine war, two days before the expiry of a deadline set by President Donald Trump for Russia to agree to peace or face new sanctions.

President Donald Trump’s trusted foreign envoy Steve Witkoff is due in Moscow on Wednesday after the Kremlin requested a meeting with him in a last-ditch effort to avoid the punishing new sanctions Trump has threatened to impose this week,

US President Donald Trump has announced that Steve Witkoff, his Special Envoy for the Middle East, will hold talks with Russian representatives on Wednesday 6 August. Following the talks, the White House will make a decision regarding the possible introduction of tariffs against countries purchasing Russian energy resources.