Journalist Challenges Trump Envoy Witkoff Over Putin Meetings: ‘Don’t You Find It Disgusting?’
The envoys said direct talks with Moscow are meant to narrow differences and improve communication as peace efforts continue.
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Journalists in Kiev have been peppering U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner with uncomfortable questions. Dmytri Gordon asked Witkoff if he didn’t find it disgusting to sit next to war criminal Russian leader Vladimir Putin, while another journalist asked Kushner if the U.S. would impose sanctions on Russia if it turned out that they were not interested in peace even after these diplomatic efforts, The Kyiv Post reported.
Ukrainian journalist asks Trump’s envoy to his face whether he was disgusted to sit across from “international criminal” and “butcher of Ukrainian people” Putin. Witkoff wouldn’t answer directly
At a Kyiv press conference, journalist Dmytro Gordon asked US envoy Steve Witkoff whether he found it repugnant to sit with Putin.
Journalist Challenges Trump Envoy Witkoff Over Putin Meetings: ‘Don’t You Find It Disgusting?’
Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Gordon posed the question during a press briefing following talks between Ukrainian officials and Trump’s envoys, which included Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
"Aren't you disgusted to be sitting at the same table with a war criminal?"— Gordon turned to Witkoff
"Aren't you disgusted to be sitting at the same table with a war criminal?"— Gordon turned to Witkoff"Isn't it disgusting for you to sit at the same table with an international war criminal, the executioner of the Ukrainian people, who is personally...
US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were peppered with uncomfortable questions from reporters at a press conference after their meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday. Witkoff was asked, for example, if he didn't find it disgusting to sit at the table with war criminal Vladimir Putin. Zelensky said after the meeting that the most important thing was to continue working together to keep diplomacy going.
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Witkoff and Kushner presented a number of ideas on possible resolutions to the conflict.
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