Former real estate executive-turned-diplomatic envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in St. Petersburg on Friday, marking his third trip to Russia this year as President Donald Trump intensifies efforts to broker a cease-fire in Ukraine. Witkoff's visit coincides with a Russian Navy event hosted by President Vladimir Putin, with whom he met on Friday.

U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff flew to Russia on Friday for talks with President Vladimir Putin about the search for a peace deal on Ukraine, the Kremlin said, saying the two men might also discuss a Trump-Putin meeting.

U.S special envoy Steve Witkoff has traveled to Russia on Friday, according to the Kremlin. Flightradar24 appears to show the plane that's been used by President Trump's envoy arrived in St Petersburg Friday morning.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet US envoy Steve Witkoff on Friday for talks on the Ukraine conflict, the Kremlin said, cautioning they were unlikely to reach a breakthrough.

Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy to the Middle East, who is on a visit to Russia, will meet with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency Interfax,

US special envoy Steve Witkoff has travelled to Russia for talks with the leadership as President Donald Trump's efforts to secure a quick end to the war in Ukraine stall. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that Witkoff had landed in Russia.

The Trump administration pushed to advance Ukraine peace talks that have stalled in recent weeks, with the U.S. special envoy set to meet with the Russian president.

Separately in Belgium, nations supporting Ukraine pledged billions more in military aid and raised doubts about Moscow’s desire for peace.

The UK and France are planning to present Donald Trump with a comprehensive plan for a post-war “reassurance force” in Ukraine that they hope will persuade the US president to commit to security guarantees for Kyiv,

By Erin Banco, Jonathan Landay and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than one hundred Chinese citizens fighting for the Russian military against Ukraine are mercenaries who do not appear to have a direct link to China's government,

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Ukrainian intelligence had identified 155 Chinese citizens fighting alongside Russian forces, a day after Ukraine said two Chinese nationals were captured in the country.

Ukraine's president says the military has captured two Chinese men fighting alongside the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region.

By Lucy Papachristou, Guy Faulconbridge and Steve Holland MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Russian-American ballerina who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in Russia for donating to a charity aiding Ukraine landed in Washington on Thursday after being freed in exchange for a man the U.

A Russian-American ballerina who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in Russia for donating to a Ukraine charity landed at Joint Base Andrews on April 10.

Ksenia Karelina, who was jailed in Russia over a one-time donation to a Ukrainian charity group, was released in exchange for Artur Petrov, a dual Russian-German citizen.

Russian-American Ksenia Karelina was released by Moscow in return for the freeing of Russian-German Arthur Petrov.

A lawyer for Ksenia Karelina, who was found guilty last year of treason by a Russian court for donating money to a U.S.-based charity providing humanitarian support to Ukraine, told Reuters she was on her way back to the United States.

The United States and Russia swapped prisoners on Thursday, bringing a dual citizen jailed in Russia back home in return for a Russian-German national accused of exporting sensitive U.S. electronics for use in Russia's military.