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Steve Witkoff, the U.S. particular envoy to the Center East, will journey to Moscow on Monday, a U.S. official tells Fox Information.
The journey comes as peace talks between Ukraine and Russia present indicators of progress, with the White Home pushing a peace plan to finish the almost four-year-long warfare.
On Sunday, Witkoff — a central determine in negotiating the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas — joined Secretary of State Marco Rubio and senior advisor Jared Kushner in Florida to fulfill with Ukrainian negotiators.
Rubio described the assembly as “very productive.” In a press release, Rubio mentioned that the top purpose is “not simply the top of the warfare.”
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Steve Witkoff, US particular envoy to the Center East, through the America Enterprise Discussion board in Miami, Florida, on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs)
“Clearly, that is important and basic. We need to see the top of the killing and the demise and the struggling, and I am certain the Ukrainian facet, I do know they do as nicely,” Rubio mentioned.
“They need peace. But it surely’s additionally about securing an finish to the warfare that leaves Ukraine sovereign and unbiased and with a chance at actual prosperity.”
Final week, Russia’s International Minister Sergey Lavrov mentioned Moscow might reject the White Home’s peace deal framework if it doesn’t uphold the “spirit and letter” of what President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to on the Alaska summit in August.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), alongside White Home Particular Envoy Steve Witkoff (L) and Jared Kushner (R), attend a gathering with Ukrainian officers headed by Rustem Umerov in Hallandale Seaside, Florida on November 30, 2025. (Chandan Khanna/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
He warned that if the phrases of the “key understandings” are “extinguished” then the state of affairs would turn out to be “essentially completely different.”
Regardless of Lavrov’s feedback, Putin confirmed curiosity in Trump’s plans to finish the warfare on Thursday, calling the drafted plans a place to begin.
“We have to sit down and talk about this severely,” Putin informed reporters, in keeping with The Related Press.
Trump’s plan as “a set of points put ahead for dialogue” relatively than a draft settlement.
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President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska on Aug. 15. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Photographs)
“Each phrase issues,” Putin added.
Fox Information Digital’s Sarah Tobianski, Kyle Schmidbauer and Ashley Carnahan contributed to this report.
