WASHINGTON, March 14. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump has described the discussions with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday as "very good and productive."

"We had very good and productive discussions with President Vladimir Putin of Russia yesterday, and there is a very good chance that this horrible, bloody war can finally come to an end," he wrote on his Truth Social network.

Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said earlier that Putin met visiting US Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff late on Thursday but did not say what the two were talking about. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on March 12 that Witkoff would travel to Moscow to discuss ways to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.

Witkoff, who had earlier taken part in talks with a Russian delegation in Riyadh on February 18, arrived in Moscow on Thursday afternoon. According to a TASS source, he left the Russian capital on Friday morning.