Witkoff heads to Russia for Putin talks as Zelenskyy insists 'nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine'

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday for talks, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisted that any negotiations over his country's future must include Kyiv. Speaking alongside the leaders of Finland and Norway in Oslo late on Tuesday, Zelenskyy said discussions with U.S. officials had been constructive and that Washington had reaffirmed its commitment to providing Ukraine with security guarantees. But he stressed that any agreement concerning Ukraine's future would be acceptable only if Kyiv had a seat at the negotiating table.