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Witkoff heads to Oslo, plans Russia trip for peace talks

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White House envoy Steve Witkoff is traveling to Oslo for talks Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders, a U.S. official said. The big picture: The talks will bring together Ukraine, European allies and the U.S.

What the coverage shows

Across the coverage, outlets converge on Steve Witkoff meeting Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg while Ukraine peace talks and Stephen Hubbard’s release sit alongside it. Several outlets, including Reuters-style AP coverage, Axios, CBS, NPR and NBC, foreground the diplomatic track and the release together; the New York Times and BBC center Hubbard, while the Guardian, Channel 4 and CNBC uniquely highlight Witkoff’s reported praise of Putin as a “humanitarian.” France 24 is alone in mentioning a prior Oslo meeting with Zelensky.

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