Ukraine war
US special envoy Witkoff meets Putin – Trump puts pressure
US President Trump wants to reach an end to the Ukraine War. While his special envoy is for a special meeting in Russia, he puts Moscow under pressure again.
The US specialist Steve Witkoff spoke to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg for more than four hours about the Russian attack war against Ukraine. The meeting was over, reported the Russian news agency Interfax. Specific results were initially not known.
According to Interfax, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskow did not state that after the interviews there could also be another phone call Putin with US President Donald Trump. Witkoff brought a message to Trump, who listened to Putin, Peskow said. The conversations on the various aspects of a solution to the conflict around Ukraine continued. It is about difficult questions. The meeting is a good opportunity to present the various elements of the position and the concern of Russia and to transmit them via Witkoff Trump, said Peskow.
U.S. President Donald Trump once again put Moscow under pressure after Witkoff’s arrival. He wrote on the Truth Social platform: “Russia has to move. Too many people die, thousands a week, in a terrible and senseless war.”
Before reception at Putin, Witkoff had already met Kremlin negotiator Kirill Dmitrijew. Dmitrijew was talks in Washington at the beginning of the month. Witkoff had already traveled to Russia in March and February, and he also spoke to Putin. Putin’s foreign policy advisor Juri Uschakow again took part in the talks in St. Petersburg.
Trump urges the Ukraine War to end
According to media reports, the US President had been annoyed by Putin at the end of March and said that he was “pissed off”. At the NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently made it clear that Trump will not accept the Russian president’s stem tactics for long.
If there is no fire break by the end of the month, Trump could impose additional sanctions against Russia, the US news page “Axios” reported with reference to an anonymous source.
Ukraine has been defending itself against the Russian invasion with western help for more than three years. Most recently, the United States tried to convey a 30-day ceasefire during negotiations. While Kyiv agreed to the proposal, Putin put priority for such a break.
dpa
Source: Stern
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