New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday agreed "in principle" to resume three-way negotiations involving officials from Russia, Ukraine and the United States, but no date was set for a meeting. Putin's consent came in talks in St. Petersburg with U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, who the previous day had met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Norway.

Representatives of those three countries held three rounds of negotiations early this year, meeting twice in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in January and February, followed by further talks in Geneva in February.

However, little progress was reported beyond exchanges of prisoners of war, and deadly attacks continued. Russia and U...