India, March 25 -- The Kremlin on Monday confirmed that Russian president Vladimir Putin gifted a portrait of Donald Trump to the US President in the backdrop of the ongoing talks to achieve a ceasefire deal to halt the war in Ukraine.

Earlier this month, Trump's painting was given to his special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow, said the Russian president's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

Witkoff had talked about the gift during an interview with Tucker Carlon last week, saying that the US president was "clearly touched" by the portrait, which he described as "beautiful", a report from The Associated Press said.

Steve Witkoff had met with Vladimir Putin after the talks with Russian officials about trying to bring an end to the Ukraine war. M...