Donald Trump, the president of the United States, announced that Steve Witkoff, his special envoy, would travel to Russia the following week to continue discussions over the Ukraine war.
Trump promised Witkoff would visit, “I think next week, Wednesday or Thursday,” according to Trump’s statement to reporters on Sunday.
The US president responded to reporters’ questions about possible sanctions against Russia by saying, “Yeah, find a deal where people stop getting killed.”
If Russia doesn’t soon reach a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine, Trump has threatened to impose “very severe tariffs” on Russia.
Trump added that Dmitry Medvedev, the former president of Russia, and two nuclear submarines he deployed after an online dispute with him were now “in the region.”
Trump hasn’t stated whether he meant submarines with nuclear weapons or nuclear-powered ones. Additionally, he did not provide more details about the US military’s secret deployment locations.
Trump’s most recent comments come after he previously described Russia’s actions as “disgusting” following a Thursday Russian attack that targeted an apartment block in Kiev’s capital.
A record number of 6, 297 Russian long-range drone attacks on Ukraine were capped by the attack, which rose 14 percent from July 2024.
Trump has promised to deliver a US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile system, but Ukraine is anticipating receiving funding from Ukraine’s European allies, not the Trump administration.
Ukraine has continued to attack Russia, with the most recent attack on Sunday causing major fires to hit an oil refinery and killing three people across the country.
A train station in Russia’s Volgograd region was set on fire by a Ukrainian drone attack on Monday morning, according to the regional administration’s Telegram post.
Russian and Ukrainian officials in Istanbul, Turkiye, have held a number of meetings in recent months as the conflict has persisted.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the most recent meeting resulted in an agreement to exchange 1,200 prisoners.
Russia has not yet made a comment.
In his capacity as a White House special envoy, Witkoff, a real estate magnate and Trump golf partner, has already had multiple meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Source: Aljazeera
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