US envoy Steve Witkoff meets Putin as Trump’s Ukraine deadline approaches | Russia

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s special ambassador Steve Witkoff held talks in Moscow, the Kremlin said the US President to reach a peace agreement during the Ukrainian War or encountered new sanctions.

Russian news agencies said that the talks ended about three hours later and that Witkoff’s convoy left the Kremlin. There was no immediate explanation of how the talks were going on from both sides.

The visit is coming because Witkoff’s fifth trip to Moscow has started to talk harshly in Russia for the first time since Trump’s chief negotiator with the Kremlin, and since Trump took over the presidency.

Trump shortened a 50 -day deadline to Putin, claiming that he did not see the desire to change his behavior in the Kremlin and to call the last strikes in Kiev, who killed civilians in Kiev. Now, if progress has not been made until Friday, he promised to bring secondary tariffs to nations importing Russian oil.

“There is a meeting with Russia tomorrow,” Trump said on Tuesday when the threat still stopped. “We will see what will happen. Then we will make this determination.”

After Trump created further threats, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev claimed that the harsh discourse could lead to a direct conflict between Russia and the United States. In response, Trump ordered the restoration of two nuclear submarines.

Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Wednesday, and so far, he went to Kirill Dmitriev, a Kremlin ambassador who has played a key role in negotiations so far and took a ride early in the morning in a park in the center of Moscow.

Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in the political media, sees the political will, appreciates the efforts of our partners, America, America and everyone who helps.

Putin gave little clues that it was ready to compromise or is willing to set up the basic war targets of Russia. However, reports made by Bloomberg and independent Russian news output suggested that the Kremlin could recommend that both sides to stand on long -range strikes as an offer to Trump. Both Trump and Kiev call a complete and unconditional ceasefire to allow negotiations to start, but standing long -range strikes can offer a pleasant breath to both sides.

Ukraine hit Russian energy and military infrastructure with long -range drones and caused aviation chaos in Russia, as the airports were forced to close during drone attacks.

Meanwhile, Russian missiles and drone strikes against different Ukraine cities continue on a night -on basis. On one night from Tuesday to Wednesday, an entertainment center in the Southern Zaporizhzhia region was shot, killed two people and wounded 12 people, according to Ivan Fedorov, according to the regional governor.

On some nights, Russia is now sending a long -range Kamikaze drone to Ukraine up to 500, and the attacks have killed only 72 people in Kiev since May.

Trump’s Ukrainian ambassador Keith Kellogg is expected to visit Kiev in the coming days, although a company date is not determined yet.

On Monday, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin was looking forward to Witkoff’s visit and waiting for valuable talks with him. “We see them important, fundamental and very useful,” he said.

Witkoff, a real estate lawyer, did not have a diplomatic experience before, and his solo travels to Russia worried other Ukraine allies, who fear that it could be played by Putin. In the interviews, he spoke warmly about his relationship with Putin and said that Trump was “touched by an oil painting that was presented to him through the US President’s Witkoff.

“This is a connection of a simple word called communication, in the meantime, Witk Witkoff said in an interview with Tucker Carlson.

Zelenskyy said he wanted to meet at the summit of a leaders who were ruled by Trump or Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to discuss a settlement with Putin, but the Kremlin rejected the idea so far. Instead, he sent a low -level delegation to Ukraine in Istanbul under the chairmanship of former Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky. In July, the last talks broke down less than an hour.