Trump, Russia and Ukraine
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Kushner and Witkoff to meet with Putin in Moscow Tuesday as Trump pushes for Russia-Ukraine deal
President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and special envoy Steve Witkoff are meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday to discuss the war in Ukraine.
"If this is true, then we have a major problem, Houston," wrote Estonian lawmaker Marko Mihkelson, in response to the report.
Moscow and Beijing have played to the president’s dealmaking, rattling America’s security partners.
Zelenskyy was meeting with political leaders and lawmakers in Dublin on his first official visit. Ireland is officially neutral and isn’t a member of NATO, but has sent nonlethal military support to Ukraine. More than 100,000 Ukrainians have moved to Ireland since Russia launched its war on Feb. 24, 2022.
President Trump said the envoy, Steve Witkoff, was using standard negotiating methods, after he appeared to coach a Russian official in a leaked call.
President Donald Trump said the US will carry out strikes inside Venezuela “soon.” Speaking at a Cabinet meeting, the president also said he and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not know about a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.
The Russian leader accused Kyiv’s European allies of trying to undermine peace talks by amending a U.S. peace plan devised with Kremlin input, in remarks ahead of a meeting with White House special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
As a U.S. envoy heads to Moscow to negotiate over a complex blueprint for peace in Ukraine, Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov says a vital element is missing from the agenda.