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Their conversation, which occurred at the Kremlin in Moscow, lasted about three hours and also involved Russia n presidential aide Yury Ushakov.Witkoff on mission to Moscow to give Putin one more last chance “If we name the topics, then first of all, of course, it is the Ukrainian crisis,” Ushakov said, according to Russia n state media.
“And the second topic is the prospects for the possible development of strategic cooperation between the U.S. and Russia. The situation now is that our president has full information, that is, our signals, signals from President Trump. And Trump has not yet been informed of the results of the meeting. Therefore, I would refrain from more detailed comments.” Witkoff’s trip to Moscow, his fifth in recent months as the lead negotiator for the U.S. efforts to stop theTrump initially set a 50-day deadline for negotiations last month, but then moved it up to a 10-day time frame after Russia continued carrying out attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. The 10-day deadline is at the end of this week. If the time period expires without a deal, Trump has threatened to impose stiff tariffs and sanctions, including secondary sanctions targeting countries that trade with Russia. The subject of Russia’s oil sales to countries such as China and India has gained attention as the United States considers secondary sanctions on Russia, though neither country has indicated it would reduce its purchases of Russian oil.an executive order on Wednesday imposing an additional 25% tariff on India in response to its continued purchase of Russian oil, raising the total levies to 50%. “I find that the Government of India is currently directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil,” the executive order said. Trump began his second term wanting to negotiate an end to the war, which has lasted about 3 1/2 years. His administration’s efforts to get both sides to agree to a ceasefire included overtures that the Biden administration did not pursue. But after six months, Trump has turned his ire on Putin, who has held up negotiations by maintaining maximalist demands that the Russian army was unable to accomplish on the battlefield.“Today, we coordinated our positions — Ukraine and the United States,” Zelensky said. “We exchanged assessments of the situation: The Russians have intensified the brutality of their attacks. President Trump is fully informed about Russian strikes on Kyiv and other cities and communities. Of course, we spoke about sanctions against Russia. Their economy continues to decline, and that’s exactly why Moscow is so sensitive to this prospect and President Trump’s resolve. This can change a lot.”
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