US EditionKremlin Confirms US's Envoy's Moscow Trip as Ukraine Reviews Revised Peace Framework
Leaked October 14 call reveals Trump envoy coached Putin aide on pitching a 28-point peace plan including Donetsk concessions, as US envoy prepares to meet Putin in Moscow.
- On Wednesday, the Kremlin confirmed U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Moscow next week to meet President Vladimir Putin and discuss ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine.
- Last week, after the U.S. peace plan was published last week, U.S., Russian and Ukrainian representatives met in Abu Dhabi and Geneva, despite the Kremlin saying it had not formally received the proposal.
- A leaked recording suggests Steve Witkoff coached Yuri Ushakov on how Putin should pitch the peace plan to Trump, with Witkoff advising land concessions; Kirill Dmitriev called the audio fake, leaving its authenticity disputed.
- Kyiv signalled cautious engagement after Geneva talks, calling the plan 'workable' though unresolved, while Ursula von der Leyen insisted any deal must include security guarantees and no limits on Ukraine’s forces.
- Longer term, analysts say U.S. involvement includes proposals to transfer 285 billion in frozen Russian assets, highlighting great-power stakes and U.S. engagement with Moscow.
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Russia Confirms Witkoff Trip As Trump Presses Ukraine Peace Push
Russia confirmed a “preliminary agreement” for President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to visit Moscow next week as the White House accelerates its push for a Ukraine-Russia peace deal. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said Witkoff — and possibly Jared Kushner — will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, adding that confidential talks are ongoing despite a leaked phone call that appeared to show Witkoff advising Moscow on messaging. Ush…
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Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plan to Trump
U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
The U.S. ambassador is said to have advised Putin in connection with the "peace plan".
Trump defends Ukraine envoy after leak alleging he advised Kremlin official
It comes as a senior Kremlin official confirms Steve Witkoff is set to visit Moscow next week as efforts to find a consensus on ending the nearly four-year war between Russia and Ukraine pick up speed.
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