US President Donald Trump has said that Steve Witkoff, his Special Envoy for the Middle East, is likely to visit Russia on 6 or 7 August. Source: Trump speaking to journalists in New Jersey; CBS News journalist Jennifer Jacobs on X (Twitter);

President Trump’s U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is set to visit Russia this week after the president issued an ultimatum for Russian President Putin, with the goal of achieving a ceasefire agreement for the war in Ukraine by Friday.

With the clock ticking toward an August 8 deadline for Russia to end its invasion of Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Sunday that Special Representative Steve Witkoff will once again head to Moscow for high-stakes talks with Russian leaders.

A top aide to Donald Trump accused India of financing Russia ’s war in Ukraine by purchasing oil from Moscow. White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said the US president had made it clear that it was "not acceptable for India to continue financing this war by purchasing the oil from Russia".

Stephen Miller's criticism of India's purchases of Russian oil is some of the strongest yet by the administration about one of the United States' major partners.