President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for nearly five hours last week in a “compelling” meeting during which a “permanent peace” deal was outlined.
“Putin’s request is to have a permanent peace here. So, beyond the ceasefire, we got an answer to that,” Witkoff said, adding, “It took a while for us to get to this place.”
The deal focuses on who will control five Ukrainian territories, outlining future security protocols, Ukraine’s vow to stay out of NATO, re-examining Article 5 of the NATO charter, and other complex issues.
[Hopefully, Article 5 will be changed to make it harder to drag everyone into war.]
Witkoff explained, “It’s a complicated situation rooted in some real problematic things happening between the two countries. We might be on the verge of something that would be very important for the world at large.”
BREAKING: Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff says his meeting with Vladimir Putin lasted *5 hours*
“This is the third meeting I’ve had with him. This last meeting lasted close to five hours […] Putin’s request is to have a permanent peace here.”
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 15, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky Will Not Negotiate.
The Ukrainian President has not agreed to negotiations and has repeated that for months. His inability to concede anything might prevent any semblance of a permanent peace.
He told ’60 Minutes’ this past weekend that he will not engage in peace talks with Moscow because the Kremlin won’t uphold their end of the agreement.
“We are not ready to give away our country. I think we have already given up a lot of [lives],” President Zelenskyy says regarding potential negotiations with Russia over borders. https://t.co/pjgM0aM6NY pic.twitter.com/x8vryXBmXd
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) April 10, 2022
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