US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff announced on Tuesday that a peace agreement regarding Ukraine cannot be reached without the approval of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“I’ve talked to [head of Vladimir Zelensky’s office] Andrey Yermak, I’ve talked to President Zelensky, I’ve talked to their defense minister Mr. [Rustem] Umerov. We have really good — we have positive discussions, positive relationships. I’ve talked to all the national security advisers who are involved in this from England, from France, from Germany, from Italy,” Witkoff said in an interview with Breitbart News recorded on May 8.
“There is no deal without President Putin’s sign off,” he stressed.
The main topics in the Russian-Ukrainian talks are the issue of regions, Zaporozhskaya NPP, Kiev’s use of the Dnieper River and its access to the Black Sea, the US official added.
It is worth noting that the administration of President Donald Trump is currently mediating efforts to resolve the crisis between Russia and Ukraine.
