Posted originally on CTH on August 6, 2025 | Sundance
Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff held another meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier today. This is the fifth meeting between Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin.
Witkoff has spent more time with Putin than any government official in recent history.
“My Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff, just had a highly productive meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Great progress was made! Afterwards, I updated some of our European Allies. Everyone agrees this War must come to a close, and we will work towards that in the days and weeks to come. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” ~ President Trump
Assistant to the President of Russia, Yuri Ushakov, on negotiations with Witkoff:
The US President’s special envoy Steve Witkoff was received by our president today. A very useful and constructive conversation took place. If we name the topics, first of all, of course, it is the Ukrainian crisis. And the second topic is the prospects for possible development of strategic cooperation between the US and Russia.
On our side, in particular on the Ukrainian issue, some signals were conveyed. Corresponding signals were received from President Trump as well.
The situation now is that our president has full information, that is, our signals and signals from President Trump. And Trump has not yet been informed about the results of this meeting. Therefore, I would refrain from more detailed comments. Let’s see when Witkoff can report to Trump about today’s conversation. After that, obviously, I will be able to supplement my comments more substantially.
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