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Putin Nears a Prize: Restoring Ties With the U.S. While Giving Up Nothing
Russia has sought to separate the war in Ukraine from potential business deals and diplomacy with the United States. Its efforts now appear to be working.
What Putin Gains From Releasing an American Prisoner
After Russia released an American prisoner, President Trump’s special envoy praised President Vladimir V. Putin as “a humanitarian.” Our White House and national security correspondent, David E. Sanger, describes how the release comes amid Mr. Trump’s broader shift toward Russia and away from Ukraine.
Putin agrees to resume trilateral Russia-Ukraine-U.S. talks next month
The Russian leader has agreed "in principle" to resume the talks after Nov. 10, Putin's foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters following a meeting in St. Petersburg between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff.
Witkoff says he hopes Ukraine included in U.S., Russia talks
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, meeting Vladimir Putin in Russia, voiced hope for new trilateral talks involving Ukraine, but Moscow appears to be sticking to its maximalist demands.
Witkoff arrives in St. Petersburg for Putin talks, Kremlin aide says
President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff landed in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on Wednesday morning, a Kremlin aide confirmed.
October 19, 2026
I am just through the door from several days’ travel and am wiped out, so this will not be a real letter.
Putin proposes summit with Trump and China's Xi to discuss Ukraine, Wall Street Journal reports
Russian President Vladimir Putin is proposing a summit with President Trump and China's Xi Jinping to discuss a potential end to the war in Ukraine, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not been invited. Lingling Wei, chief China correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, joins to talk about her reporting and CBS News' Nancy Cordes has more from the White House.
