India, Oct. 21 -- Steve Witkoff, a special US envoy, is due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia on Wednesday, following a round of discussions with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and some European leaders in Oslo, Norway. This is amid increasing diplomatic efforts by the US to bring an end to Russia's war in Ukraine.

According to sources, Witkoff is set to visit Russia after having several discussions in Oslo, which were attended by the presidents of Ukraine and Finland, along with officials from the US, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, the European Union, NATO, and Norway. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store was among those who attended the meeting.

An official from the US Department of Sta...