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Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
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7:35Now PlayingHeather Conley, a former State Department official, said US needs to make sure any deal with Russia to end its war in Ukraine protects American security interests.
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff will lead a delegation for talks in Russia next week, a Kremlin official said, as Donald Trump pushes for a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
“As for Witkoff, I can say there is a preliminary agreement that he will visit Moscow next week,” Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Putin, said in a video clip of an interview posted on Telegram Wednesday. “He and some other representatives of the administration involved in Ukrainian affairs.”
“If Witkoff arrives, he’ll likely be received by the Russian president,” Ushakov later said, according to the state-run Tass news agency. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the exact date for the visit had yet to be set, the Interfax news service reported.
The trip is part of Trump’s latest effort to deliver peace after almost four years of Russia’s full-scale invasion, which the president once promised to end within 24 hours of taking office. While the US has touted progress in talks with Ukraine, the negotiations still face the same obstacles as previous rounds: What satisfies Ukraine is likely a deal-breaker for Russia, and vice versa.
Trump earlier said that he had dispatched Witkoff to Moscow for a probable meeting with Putin next week, and that the envoy might be joined by the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll — who has been meeting with the Russians in Abu Dhabi — was directed to talk with the Ukrainians, he said.
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