President Trump weighed in on Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with his envoy, Steve Witkoff, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio has more.

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President Trump announced that his special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, and reported that their impression was Putin wants to end the war in Ukraine. Russian media described the meeting as useful and said Russia had accepted some proposals, but no specifics were made public and further talks are expected.

Despite these diplomatic efforts, Putin reiterated Russia's intention to control Ukraine's eastern Donbass region, stating it would be achieved by force or by Ukrainian withdrawal. Meanwhile, Russian drone attacks continued in Ukraine's Odessa region, causing injuries and power outages, and Ukraine's foreign minister expressed skepticism about Russia's willingness to end the conflict.

Trump insists Putin wants to end Ukraine war after Witkoff's trip

Now, the White House says President Trump's special envoy and son-in-law will meet with Ukrainian officials in Miami today. Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow Tuesday. And yesterday, President Trump said his negotiators believe Putin wants to end the war. President Putin had a very good meeting yesterday with Jared Kushner and with Steve Whitkoff. What comes out of that meeting, I can't tell you, because it does take two to tango. Putin still wants to end the war, still wants to make peace? He would like to end the war, that's what they, that was their impression. Now, whether or not, you know. Do you believe him? That was their impression, you know, their impression was that they'd like to, he would like to see the war ended. CBS News foreign correspondent, Rami Innocencio, joins us from London with more on this. Rami, good morning. We are hearing there how President Trump views these conversations, but what are we hearing from the Russian side this morning? Mr. Trump says they do want to end the war. Any proof of that? Yes, well, according to Russian media, Errol, Putin said that his meeting with Whitkoff and Kushner was very useful and that Russia had accepted some proposals from them about Ukraine, but you know, we haven't seen any of that publicly at this point in time, and that more talks do need to happen, but really, if Putin does want to see this war ended, as President Trump said he believes they're communicating, then the Russian president appears committed to ending it on his own terms, at least when it comes to Ukrainian land, because after those talks, he's since declared that Russia will have Ukraine's eastern region of the Donbass one way or another. That's highlighted in orange there on the map. His quotes, either we liberate these territories by force of arms, or Ukrainian troops leave these territories, and that was from an interview published on India Today, and comes as he's expected to land in India Today to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but overnight, Russian drones hit energy facilities again. This time, we're looking at pictures in Ukraine's Odessa region near the front lines. At least seven people were wounded, and Ukraine's energy company said more than 50,000 people are without power. Ukraine's foreign minister said that Putin shows he does not plan to end the war, and so, Errol, we are looking ahead to Miami today and what Whitkoff and the Ukrainian delegation might say about where this peace proposal, peace proposals, stand. Yeah, at least the talks are continuing. Ramey in London, thank you.

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