U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said over the weekend that Russia and Ukraine are much closer today than they were when discussions first began under the Trump administration to bringing the war to an end.
Witkoff made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with host Jake Tapper.
Witkoff said that his meeting last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin was a “positive” conservation that lasted several hours.
Tapper asked about how accurate media reports were that said that Putin had several demands, including the complete surrender of Ukrainian forces in Kursk, international recognition that territory Russia seized now belongs to Russia, limiting Ukraine’s military, and a halt to the flow of Western resources to Ukraine.
Witkoff said that the description that Tapper offered was not “entirely accurate.”
“Back before this visit, there was…
