{"id":30723,"date":"2025-08-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=30723"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:55:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:55:40","slug":"trumps-envoy-meets-with-russian-president-putin-to-discuss-ukraine-war-and-ceasefire-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/trumps-envoy-meets-with-russian-president-putin-to-discuss-ukraine-war-and-ceasefire-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s envoy meets with Russian President Putin to discuss Ukraine war and ceasefire deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff held high-level talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on August 6, 2025, just days before Trump\u2019s deadline for a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rare meeting, which lasted approximately three hours, comes amid growing pressure from Washington and renewed Russian attacks inside Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump said in a social media post that Witkoff \u201chad a highly productive meeting\u201d with Putin in which \u201cgreat progress was made.\u201d He also added that he updated U.S. allies in Europe about the meeting and that they will work toward an end to the Russia-Ukraine war \u201cin the days and weeks to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kremlin described the talks as \u201cconstructive,\u201d with Foreign Policy Adviser Yuri Ushakov stating that both sides exchanged \u201csignals\u201d and discussed potential areas of strategic cooperation. However, Ushakov declined to provide further details until Witkoff reports back to Trump in Washington. Russian media reported that Witkoff departed Moscow later in the afternoon after meeting President Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Trump says he intends to meet Putin and Zelenskyy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. President Donald Trump said he intends to meet in person with Putin as soon as next week, and also plans to hold joint meetings with both Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in the near future. When asked if Russia and Ukraine had agreed to the summit, Trump told reporters: \u201cThere\u2019s a very good prospect that they will.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump disclosed his plans on Wednesday in a call with European leaders, according to people familiar with the plan. If the meeting goes ahead as planned, it will be the first in-person summit between an American and Russian president in more than four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s comments came after Witkoff met with Putin. Witkoff was appointed by Trump in January to lead negotiations in Russia and the Middle East. He recently visited Gaza and Israel to provide a ground report to the U.S. President on the dire humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Trump’s ultimatum and US pressure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting took place against the backdrop of a looming deadline set by President Trump, who has warned that Russia must agree to a ceasefire or face economic consequences. When asked earlier this week what Moscow could do to avoid sanctions, Trump replied: \u201cYeah, get a deal where people stop getting killed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though the White House has yet to outline the specific measures it might take, Trump has previously threatened \u201csecondary tariffs\u201d on countries that continue trade with Russia, including India and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, shortly after the Moscow talks, Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25 percent tariff on goods from India in response to its ongoing imports of Russian oil. The order cited Russia\u2019s continued aggression as a \u201cthreat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on April 11, 2025. (Image Credit: Sputnik\/Gavriil Grigorov)<\/sup><\/em>

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Putin’s position unchanged<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the direct engagement with the U.S. envoy, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not shifted his position. He reiterated last week that while he is open to peace, his conditions remain the same: Ukraine must cede additional territory and formally abandon aspirations for NATO membership and Western military support. \u201cWe want peace,\u201d Putin said, \u201cbut our demands remain unchanged.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukrainian officials have categorically rejected those terms. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continues to call for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. Last week, he urged Western allies to intensify pressure on the Kremlin and called for \u201cregime change\u201d in Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three previous rounds of talks, held in Istanbul, have failed to produce any meaningful progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Russian strikes intensify in Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As diplomacy unfolded in Moscow, Russian forces launched new attacks in Ukraine. In the southern Zaporizhia region, a missile strike hit a recreational center, killing two people and injuring 12 others, including two children, according to regional Governor Ivan Fedorov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is zero military sense in this strike. Only cruelty to intimidate,\u201d Zelenskyy said on Telegram. He added, \u201cThis was a deliberate blow to our preparations for the heating season, absolutely cynical, like every Russian blow to the energy sector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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