On Wednesday, Steve Witkoff, a typical of Donald Trump's administration, met in Moscow with Vladimir Putin. After this meeting, Trump wrote on his platform fact Social that "great progress" had been achieved on Ukraine.
"My peculiar envoy, Steve Witkoff, just held a very fruitful gathering with Russian president Vladimir Putin. large advancement has been made! – he wrote.
Meeting of Trump, Putin and Zelenski
According to Fox News, next week, Donald Trump meets Vladimir Putin. It is possible that shortly afterwards Trump will besides meet with the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski.
The Russian leader was to tell Witkoff that he would like to meet Trump. This gave the condition that the gathering would take place if it was linked to the conclusion of the peace agreement.
White home press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, "The Russians expressed their desire to meet president Trump, and the president is open to meetings with both president Putin and president Zelenski. president Trump wants to end this brutal war."
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenski confirmed that he spoke to Donald Trump on Wednesday, together with another European leaders. He stressed that the position of Ukraine and its partners is clear - the war must end and this is to be done fairly.
There's 1 condition.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in an interview with Fox Business, pointed out that the gathering at the highest level would only be held if "if it turned out productive". In his opinion, much more has to happen before that happens. He added, "There are inactive many obstacles to overcome."
Rubio pointed out that although a circumstantial date for a possible ceasefire has not yet been set, there are first signals as to the conditions that Russia could accept in order to end the war. "Now we gotta compare this with what the Ukrainians, but besides European allies, are willing to accept," he stressed.
According to Rubio, a real chance of gathering Trump with Putin and Zelenski will only arise erstwhile the positions of Russia and Ukraine begin to get close adequate to scope an agreement. It is unclear whether Russia or Ukraine are closer to agreeing on key conditions of peace.
