Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reported plans of a trilateral summit between his country, the United States, and China highlight the influence of Beijing on the four and a half year conflict. Putin floated the idea of the meeting in a phone call with President Donald Trump earlier this month,

US special envoy Steve Witkoff is going to discuss the possible release of American citizen Stephen Hubbard from Russian detention with President Vladimir Putin this week, according to people familiar...

No concrete proposals for a meeting or an agenda had been discussed, the Kremlin said.