President Donald Trump’s chief interlocutor with the Russian government last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the U.S. president on a Ukraine peace plan.

At the same time, Secretary of the US Army Dan Driscoll will be meeting with the Ukrainians, the US President said

Steve Witkoff told Yuri Ushakov in October phone call that peace would require Russia gaining control of Donetsk