"In hopes of completing this peace plan, I have assigned my special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to meet with President Putin in Moscow," Trump said on Truth Social, noting that"only a few points of disagreement" remained.

The US president also expressed hope to meet with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky soon,"but only when an agreement to end this war is final or in the final stages."

Washington representatives recently met with senior Ukrainian officials in Geneva, but today they met with a Russian delegation in Abu Dhabi.

Trump said Tuesday that Washington is"very close" to reaching an agreement with Ukraine and Russia to end the nearly four-year war.