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He was a cheerleader for this rapprochement where the two leaders would come together, and that’s what happened, so thank God,
Witkoff said
I am a member of that club that's buried a child,
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He [Witkoff – ed.] was here yesterday, he was received by President Putin late last night. Additional information was provided to the Russian side. It was also through Witkoff that Putin communicated information and additional signals to President Trump,
Peskov said during a phone call with the press
Of course, Putin is afraid to tell President Trump directly that he wants to continue this war and keep killing Ukrainians. That’s why, in Moscow, they are surrounding the ceasefire idea with such preconditions that it either fails or gets dragged out for as long as possible
Zelensky said, calling on world leaders to force it to end the war by further tightening sanctions
It’s not as though the United States has done great over the years with experienced diplomats when it comes to Putin,
said Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, who said Mr. Witkoff should be given a chance to prove himself
The concern is, does Witkoff understand exactly what Putin is telling him and convey that properly?”
said Mr. Graham, who recently visited MoscowYou come from a background of negotiations and transactions and deals, which is much different than diplomacy,
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Witkoff doesn’t have the experience, obviously, that someone like Burns did,
Ms. Hill saidI never understood the Russian sanctions, candidly, because all it did was stop Russian investment into this country,
he said in a podcast interviewYou need to be super well prepared” to deal with Mr. Putin
said Fiona Hill, a Putin biographer who served as Mr. Trump’s senior National Security Council director for RussiaKnowing — to get on a plane, to go to Russia — who to trust, who not to trust, how do you feel like you’re able to navigate that?”
he askedI can tell you that the Kremlin likes Witkoff because they believe that he does provide a direct channel to Trump,
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Hopefully they’ll do the right thing,
Trump told reporters during an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte
It's not going to happen. We'll make sure it doesn't happen,
he saidAfter we receive this information — not through the press but through bilateral dialogue — then the time will come for thinking it over and formulating a position,
Mr. Peskov saidNegotiators are indeed flying in, and contacts are indeed planned,
Mr. Peskov saidThe Russian news agency TASS has just reported that the plane carrying President Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, has crossed into Russian airspace. Of course a critical meeting for the future of Ukraine coming up today between Steve whitkoff, and Russian leadership,
he explained