US special envoy to meet with Putin on January 22

U.S. President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said he hopes to hold a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss “land deals” over Ukraine on January 22.

In an interview with CNBC, Witkoff said: ″[There’s been] lots of progress in the last six to eight weeks.”

Witkoff noted that he and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner would be meeting Ukrainian officials on January 21 evening before meeting top Russian officials.

“And then we’ll be seeing the Russians, Jared and I, sometime on Thursday evening,” Witkoff told CNBC’s Sara Eisen at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

He said Putin would be present at the meeting and that the Kremlin had requested the talks, with discussions over a U.S.-led 20-point peace plan making progress.

“We’re bringing everyone closer ...hopefully we’ll have something good to announce soon,” he said.

Asked if he believed Putin would come to a deal to end the almost four-year war in Ukraine, Witkoff said: “I do.”

Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has confirmed that a meeting between Putin and Witkoff will take place on January 22.

By Khagan Isayev