Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's special envoy, is expected to visit Russia this week to try to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
Matt Whitaker also said that the US wants "both sides to agree to a deal"
"So we'll see what happens," the US president added
Witkoff will discuss Russia’s war on Ukraine as Trump says again he wants a ‘deal where people stop getting killed’.
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday his special envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Russia in the coming week, ahead of a looming US sanctions deadline and escalating…
The US leader previously said that Steve Witkoff may travel to Russia on Wednesday or Thursday
Sources from the US also confirmed this
Steve Witkoff to travel to Moscow before US president’s Friday deadline after which new sanctions could be imposed
Officials in Washington provided few details of Witkoff’s schedule“Witkoff will be traveling to Russia this week,” Bruce saidWASHINGTON: US special envoy Steve Witkoff will be in…
He was met by the Presidential Special Representative Kirill Dmitriev
Talks between the two men come ahead of this Friday’s deadline set by Donald Trump for ending the war in Ukraine
Trump said he would await the Moscow talks' results before performing any economic retaliation. Trump threatened to impose 'secondary tariffs' on Russia's remaining trade…
Despite President Trump's threat of sweeping sanctions, expectations for a ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv are muted.
This is Steve Witkoff's fifth visit to Russia since the beginning of the year
President Donald Trump has warned that he would impose sanctions on Russia if Moscow does not agree to a ceasefire.
Watch as US envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Vladimir Putin in Moscow just days ahead of a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire deadline. Footage released by the Kremlin on Wednesday (6 August)…
As a deadline for U.S. secondary sanctions on Russia's trading partners approaches, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Russian President Vladimir.
Talks between Trump’s negotiator and Russian president lasted about three hours as US pushes for peace deal
After the meeting, Yury Ushakov said that Steve Witkoff had received some signals on the Ukrainian issue, and in turn, reciprocal signals had been received from US President…