US EditionKremlin Confirms US's Envoy's Moscow Trip as Ukraine Reviews Revised Peace Framework
Leaked call reveals Witkoff advising Russia on U.S.-backed peace plan involving territorial concessions; Trump defends envoy and plans Moscow visit amid ongoing Ukraine conflict.
- On Wednesday, the Kremlin confirmed U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Moscow next week to meet President Vladimir Putin and discuss ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine.
- Last week, after the U.S. peace plan was published last week, U.S., Russian and Ukrainian representatives met in Abu Dhabi and Geneva, despite the Kremlin saying it had not formally received the proposal.
- A leaked recording suggests Steve Witkoff coached Yuri Ushakov on how Putin should pitch the peace plan to Trump, with Witkoff advising land concessions; Kirill Dmitriev called the audio fake, leaving its authenticity disputed.
- Kyiv signalled cautious engagement after Geneva talks, calling the plan 'workable' though unresolved, while Ursula von der Leyen insisted any deal must include security guarantees and no limits on Ukraine’s forces.
- Longer term, analysts say U.S. involvement includes proposals to transfer 285 billion in frozen Russian assets, highlighting great-power stakes and U.S. engagement with Moscow.
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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin greets US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff prior to their talks in Moscow on August 6, 2025. (GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Steve Witkoff, a fellow real estate developer and frequent golf partner of President Trump, was appointed by Trump as special envoy for peace missions, tasked with negotiating a peace deal between Russia and Uk…
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From the very beginning, London has always opposed Washington when it acted too hesitantly in Ukraine. Bloomberg's youngest leak is likely to come from British intelligence sources. The goal is to sabotage peace negotiations. On the same day that Russia's foreign intelligence service warned that Britain was determined to discredit Donald Trump and torpedo its recent peace initiatives for Ukraine, Bloomberg published a series of allegedly leaked …
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