Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that his special envoy to Steve Witkoff would visit Russia in the next week, before the deadline that the US President set out for new sanctions on Moscow.
In an interview with Trump reporters, he also said that two nuclear submarines, which he deployed on the online row with former Russian president Dmitric Medvedev, were now “in the region”.
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Trump did not say whether he meant submarines with nuclear drive or nuclear armed. He also did not work in the exact places of deployment that the US military kept secret.
At the end of next week, in order to take steps to end the war in Ukraine or to face unspecified new sanctions, the date set by Trump came at the end of the date determined by Trump at the end of the date set by Trump.
The Republican leader said Witkoff would visit, “I think next week, Wednesday or Thursday.”
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has already met Witkoff several times in Moscow before Trump’s efforts to repair the Kremlin’s ties.
When reporters asked what Witkoff’s message would be in Moscow, and if there was something that Russia could do to avoid sanctions, Trump replied, “Yeah, get an agreement where people stop killing.”
– “secondary tariffs” –
Trump has previously threatened that new measures may mean “secondary tariffs” focused on the remaining Russia business partners such as China and India. This would further suppress Russia, but would risk significant international disruptions.
Despite the pressure from Washington, Russia continued its onslaught against its pro-west neighbor.
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Putin, who consistently rejected the challenges to the ceasefire, said on Friday that he wanted peace, but that his requirements to end his almost three and a half years were “unchanged”.
“We need permanent and stable peace on solid foundations that would satisfy Russia and Ukraine and ensure the safety of both countries,” Putin told reporters.
He added, however, that “the conditions (from the Russian side) certainly remain the same.”
Russia often demanded Ukraine to effectively refer control over four regions that the Moscow claims that were attached, Kiev called Kiev unacceptable.
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Putin also wants Ukraine to drop from its ambition to join NATO.
Ukraine launched a Sunday attack of drones, which caused a fire in the oil warehouse in Sochi, a host city of the Winter Olympics in 2014.
Kyiv said that in recent weeks it has intensified its air strikes against Russia in response to increasing Russian attacks on their territory, killed by dozens of civilians.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Monday that his air defense captured 61 Ukrainian drones overnight.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in the Southern Kherson region, stolen by the military administration in the telegram on Monday.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr also said on Sunday that both parties are preparing an exchange of prisoners that would see 1,200 Ukrainian troops home, after interviews with Russia in Istanbul in July.
Trump launched his second term with his own pink predictions that the war in Ukraine – raging since Russia attacked its neighbor in February 2022 – will end soon.
In recent weeks, Trump has increasingly expressed frustration with Putin over Moscow’s relentless offensive.
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