Trump administration officials meet Ukrainian negotiators in Florida to work through the final details of a peace deal Kyiv agreed to last week.

LONDON -- The White House said it's is "very optimistic" ahead of special envoy Steve Witkoff's meeting in Moscow on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as U.S. officials continue their push to end Russia's war against Ukraine.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff is preparing to meet with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin as Volodymyr Zelensky scrambles to consolidate European support.

The special envoy from the White House is a real estate entrepreneur, a personal friend of Trump since the 80s, and inexperienced in foreign policy, seduced by Putin's power . In the mid-80s, Donald Trump,

Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, will travel to Moscow on Monday as Ukraine-Russia peace talks show signs of progress.

In the October 14 conversation, Witkoff appeared to guide Ushakov on how to present a peace proposal to Trump. According to the transcript, Witkoff said peace would likely require Ukraine giving up territory.

Negotiations at the Kremlin between U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin lasted over four hours.

It was on an October flight from the Middle East to Miami that everything-envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, decided it was time to turn to Ukraine.