Russian media said that in the Kremlin, a meeting between U.S. envoy Steve Vikov and Russia’s Vladimir Putin is in progress.
Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Wednesday, with Donald Trump’s deadline for Russia to agree to an imminent ceasefire in Ukraine.
The U.S. President says Russia could face huge sanctions or See minor sanctions imposed on all those who trade with it If no steps are taken to end the “terrible war” with Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia will only take serious action on peace if it starts to run out of money. He welcomes the U.S. threat of state sanctions and tariffs on Russian oil purchases.
In the image shared by the Russian store, the two (meeted several times before Russia) smiled and shook hands in the gilded hall.
Despite Trump’s threat to sanctions, Russia continues to carry out large-scale air attacks on Ukraine, an expectation of a solution.
Before taking office in January, Trump claimed he would be able to end the war between Russia and Ukraine in one day. He failed, and his remarks towards Russia have become strong since then.
“We thought we had settled countless times (war) and then President Putin went out and started launching rockets to cities like Kiev and killed a lot of people in nursing homes or anything else,” he said last month.
Three rounds of talks between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul failed to bring the war closer and end, three and a half years after Moscow launched a complete invasion.
The premise of military and political peace in Moscow remains unacceptable to Kiev and its Western partners. The Kremlin also repeatedly rejected Kiev’s request for a meeting between Zelensky and Putin.
Meanwhile, the U.S. government approved $200 million in additional military sales Tuesday after a phone call between Zelensky and Trump, and the two leaders also discussed defense cooperation and drone production.
Ukraine has been using drones to attack Russia’s oil refineries and energy facilities, while Moscow has focused its air strikes on Ukrainian cities.
The Kiev City Military Authority said the damage caused by the attacks on the city increased to 32 people last week, and a man died from injuries. The strike is The deadliest in Kyiv Since the invasion began.
Ukrainian authorities reported on Wednesday that two people were killed and 12 injured by Russian attacks on holiday camps in central Zaporizhzhia.
“There is no military significance in this attack. It’s just cruel to scare people.”
