Witkoff says Trump, Putin to speak this week on phone about Ukraine-Russia deal

A special envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkeov said on Sunday that president Donald Trump will likely speak with the Russian President Vladimir Putin this week.

In his appearance on the “state of the union” in CNN, Wittouf was asked when an agreement to end the war in Ukraine can be signed.

“The president uses weeks for the time frame, and I do not disagree with him. I really hope to see some real progress here,” Witkov said. “Nobody expects to advance this struggle. This is very very complicated, however, we send the gap between two sides. So, there are a lot of things that still have to be discussed, but I think the presidents will be a really good and positive discussion this week.”

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump are likely to speak this week, according to Steve Witkev’s special envoy. (Getty Images)

Trump’s private envoy met with Putin in Moscow On Thursday, US officials and Ukrainian officials in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia agreed to the conditions of a potential ceasefire with Russia.

Wittakov said he had met Putin for a period of three and four hours and had a “positive” and “on solution”.

“Before this visit, there was another visit, and before that visit, the two sides were miles away.” “The two sides, today, are very closer. We had some Really positive results Exit from the discussion of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia led by our National Security Adviser, Mike Waltz, and our Minister of State, Marco Rubio.

“I describe my conversation with President Putin as positive,” Witkeov said. “The two sides have … We narrowed the differences between them, and now we sit on the table. I was with the president all day yesterday, I will be with him today, we sit with him, and we discuss how to narrow them more.”

A special envoy to the Middle East Steve Wittouf speaks to media outlets outside the White House on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Al Drao/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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This was the second time that he met Wittvan with Putin last month. The first sitting in mid -February led the Russians to be launched by the US prisoner, Mark Vogel.

Wittakov said he had briefed Trump, Vice President JD Vance, The Chief of Staff, Suzy Wales and the Pallis of the American embassy within five to 10 minutes of meeting with Putin last week.

Steve Whitchov, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 18, 2025. (Evelyn Hokestein/Swimming Pigeon image, file)

“President Trump participated in every side and after these discussions,” said Whitkov. “The president gets updates in the actual time to everything that is happening, and he participates in every important decision here. I expect that there will be an invitation with each of the presidents this week, and we also continue to participate and hold talks with the Ukrainians. We advise them about everything we think.”

“The four regions are of decisive importance here,” Wittouf said about the conditions of the deal. “We are in discussions with Ukraine, we are in discussions with all these European countries for stakeholders, to include France, Britain and Norway, Finland … the entire host … and we are in discussions with the Russians also about those areas. We are also in discussion with all other elements that will include the ceasefire.”

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Wittouf flew to Moscow last week from Doha, Qatar, where negotiations between Israel and Hamas were interrupted by a possible extension of the ceasefire agreement.