Trump positively assessed the progress of negotiations on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine

Negotiations on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict are going well. This was announced on April 12 by US President Donald Trump.

"We'll see what happens, but I think everything is going well," he told reporters at the White House press pool, adding that additional news was expected on the matter soon.

On the St. Petersburg account: why did Witkoff fly to Russia for the third time in two months

Putin received Trump's special envoy at the Presidential Library in the Northern Capital.

U.S. Special Envoy Steven Witkoff arrived in St. Petersburg on April 11, where he held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting, which was dedicated to the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, lasted more than four hours. According to the Kremlin, the topic of the meeting was aspects of the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.