Donald Trump puts his political capital at stake to find a regulation in the war in Ukraine, after six months of unsuccessful efforts. Steve Witkoff, special envoy of the American president, made a round trip to Moscow Wednesday, August 6, to convince Vladimir Putin to trigger a ceasefire with Ukraine before the ultimatum fixed by the White House on August 8.
Heavy economic sanctions are promised on this date from countries that buy oil from Russia. By hitting the trade largely funding the war effort in Moscow in Ukraine, Donald Trump would have been struggling for the first time since his return to the White House, when he had preferred to exert pressure on kyiv.
On Wednesday, at the end of the fifth meeting since January 20 between Steve Witkoff, a real estate tycoon without diplomatic experience, and the Russian president, neither of them made public statements. The TASS agency noted that the discussion had lasted about three hours. Speaking in front of Russian media, the diplomatic advisor to Vladimir Putin, Iouri Ouchakov, has remained as vague as possible, declaring that the conversation, relating to Ukraine and “The prospects for the development of strategic cooperation between the United States and Russia” had been “Useful and constructive”.
You have 68.07% of this article to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.
