U.S.
President Donald Trumps unique envoy Steve Witkoff will check out Russia later today, an assistant to Russian President Vladimir Putin informed the Interfax news company on Tuesday.
Were awaiting him, Yuri Ushakov stated when asked whether Witkoff, who has traveled to Russia numerous times given that Trump took workplace, prepared to make any new trips in the near future.Ushakov did not define what day Witkoff would show up in Russia, nor did he say whether the Trump envoy would meet Putin, as he has actually done throughout previous journeys to the country.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later confirmed that Witkoff would check out Russia to continue conversations to end the war in Ukraine.Witkoff last went to Russia on April 11, when he consulted with Putin andRussian Direct Investment Fund head Kirill Dmitriev in St.
Petersburg.
Following those conferences, the Kremlin stated the U.S.
envoy and Kremlin leader went over different aspects of the Ukrainian settlement, without elaborating.After an earlier meeting in March, Witkoff, a longtime Trump ally who worked with the U.S.
president in property, stated Putin was a excellent leader and not a bad guy.
In February, Witkoff was associated with settlements toreleaseMarc Fogel, an American teacher imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, in return for Russian cryptocurrency figure Alexander Vinnik.Trump cautioned recently that he was ready to revoke settlements to end the war in Ukraine unless Moscow and Kyiv showed a desire to make progress toward peace in the coming days.When asked on Monday to comment on Trumps warning, Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov stated he did not wish to talk about the time frame for a potential ceasefire deal, but emphasized that President Putin and the Russian side stay open to the search for a tranquil settlement.
The U.S.
president has actually pushed both sides towards a ceasefire however has actually up until now stopped working to draw out major concessions from the Kremlin, despite a current telephone call with Putin and multiple check outs to Russia by Witkoff.