Putin meets Trump envoys Witkoff, Kushner
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Yuri Ushakov said the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Steve Witkoff was "very useful," but that no "compromise option has not yet been found."
Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff held a second round of talks with a top Ukrainian negotiator before heading off to Russia to try to seal a White House peace plan to end the nearly four-year-old
The high-stakes meeting follows a series of talks between the Ukrainian delegation and top U.S. officials to revise the original 28-point peace plan.
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, the president downplayed a report that his special envoy advised Russian officials on a peace plan.
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Ex-head of Ukraine's Presidential Office scheduled to meet Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law tomorrow
Former head of the Ukraine's Presidential Office Andriy Yermak was supposed to fly to Miami this weekend to discuss certain details of the US peace plan with President Trump's special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner,
Witkoff reportedly coached a Russian diplomat on how to negotiate with Trump in upcoming talks. Leaked transcripts from White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff’s call with a top aide to the Russian President Vladimir Putin,
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Report: U.S. envoy coached Putin aide on how Russian leader should pitch Trump on Ukraine peace plan
President Trump envoy Steve Witkoff advised VladimirPutin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov that Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for the Gaza peace deal, say Russia had supported it and that he respects the president as a man of peace.
European officials, who have not been briefed on the talks, said at a NATO meeting in Brussels that Russia appears to be inflexible in the negotiations.