US President Donald Trump says “great progress” has been made over Ukraine during talks between his envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump also described the meeting as “highly productive” in a post on his Truth Social platform.

The Kremlin earlier issued a vague statement about the talks, with foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov saying the two sides had exchanged “signals” as part of “constructive” talks in Moscow.

He also said Russia and the US had discussed the possibility of strategic cooperation – but refused to share more until Witkoff had briefed the US president.

The meeting came days before Trump’s deadline to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine.Trump said he had briefed some of America’s European allies following the talks.”Everyone agrees this War must come to a close, and we will work towards that in the days and weeks to come,” he said.

The discussions between Putin and Witkoff appeared cordial despite Trump’s mounting irritation with the lack of progress in negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv.