RTE News Headlines<p>[02:35] Trump says Russia, Ukraine 'very close to a deal'</p><p> US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin for three hours in Russia yesterday to discuss the US plan to end the war in Ukraine, and Mr Trump said the two sides were "very close to a deal," despite apparent differences in their positions.</p><p> <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0426/1509554-russia-ukraine/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rte.ie/news/world/2025/0426/15</span><span class="invisible">09554-russia-ukraine/</span></a><br> <br> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/SteveWitkoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteveWitkoff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/VladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPutin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/threehours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threehours</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/yesterday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yesterday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/two" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>two</span></a></p>