Steve Witkoff meets with the Russian envoy in Florida to talk about peace efforts in Ukraine
“We are encouraged by this meeting because Russia is working to achieve peace in Ukraine and we are grateful for (the President’s) decisive leadership in seeking a lasting and lasting peace,” he added. Witkoff wrote on X.
During Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, Witkopf said progress had been made and that there were “a lot of good things happening between counterparties discussing the land deal.”
“I think so People of Ukraine “They are now optimistic and expect that we will reach a peace agreement sometime soon,” Witkoff added.
Trump says Putin agreed to halt strikes in Kiev for a week amid extreme cold
The meetings were held on Saturday in Florida, according to Witkoff, and included the Secretary of the Treasury Scott BesantTrump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and senior White House adviser Josh Gruenbaum. Witkoff and Kushner were two of the key players in the Trump administration, not only in the Russia-Ukraine agreement, but also in other areas, including the Israel-Gaza peace plan.
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said he held “productive and constructive” meetings with Russian Special Envoy Kirill Dmitriev in Florida. (Noam Galai/Getty Images; Alexander Kazakov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Witkoff, Kushner and Gruenbaum also met with Putin earlier this month in Moscow shortly after the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Following the meeting in Moscow, Vitkov, Kushner, Grunebaum and other US representatives met with negotiators from Ukraine and Russia. The talks were said to be constructive, although obstacles to peace remained.
“A lot has been discussed, and it is important that the talks are constructive,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X. He added: “As a result of the meetings held during these days, all parties agreed to submit reports in their capitals on every aspect of the negotiations and to coordinate further steps with their leaders.”
The United States, Ukraine, and Russia held a tripartite meeting hosted by the United Arab Emirates. (Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofiev/Pool via Reuters; Denis Balibus/Reuters; Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters)
Nearly four years after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion, Ukrainians are facing a harsh winter, and Russian strikes on Kiev’s energy resources have made matters worse. However, President Donald Trump On Thursday, he said at his cabinet meeting that Putin had agreed to a temporary halt to targeting Kiev and other places in the region suffering from cold weather.
“Because of the extreme cold – they have the same thing as us – I personally asked President Putin not to fire on Kiev and the cities and towns for a week,” Trump said, adding that Putin “agreed to do so.” The president described the weather in the region as “record cold.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Friday that Trump had made a request to Putin to stop targeting Kiev until February 1 “in order to create favorable conditions for negotiations,” the Associated Press reported. The outlet noted that it was strange for the Kremlin spokesman to mention February 1, because that would mean it was only a two-day pause. Additionally, the AP reports that the cold weather forecast is set to worsen after Sunday.
The White House announced on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to hold a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. (Sputnik/Gavril Grigorov/Pool via Reuters; Brian Snyder/Reuters)
Witkoff, Kushner and Gruenbaum met with Putin earlier this month in Moscow shortly after the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Following the meeting in Moscow, Vitkov, Kushner, Grunebaum and other US representatives met with negotiators from Ukraine and Russia. The talks were said to be constructive, although obstacles to peace remained.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said: “A lot has been discussed, and it is important that the talks are constructive.” Written on X. “As a result of the meetings held during these days, all parties agreed to submit reports in their capitals on every aspect of the negotiations and to coordinate further steps with their leaders.”
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Russia and Ukraine are scheduled to hold another round of peace negotiations in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, according to Reuters. Independent Kyiv. But it is unclear whether the United States will participate in the talks.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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