President Donald Trump told Russia and Ukraine’s special envoy that he did not believe Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to invade Europe.
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff A statement made a “larger scale” of Putin’s motivation in a statement that appeared on “Fox News Sunday.”
“Now I’m asked what I think President Putin The motivation is larger. I just said I just couldn’t see him wanting to take the whole of Europe. ”
“It’s very different from what happened in World War II. There’s no NATO.” “In that sense, I’m taking him in his words.”
Russia’s next step is a Ukrainian ceasefire talk?
Special envoy Steve Witkoff said he doesn’t think Putin wants to take over Europe. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Comments are just before Witkoff meets the Russians Ukraine delegation In Saudi Arabia’s indirect ceasefire negotiations. Trump’s administration wants to mediate a larger peace deal.
“I think you will see some real progress in Saudi Arabia on Monday, especially because it affects the Black Sea ceasefire on ships between the two countries,” he said on Sunday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with President Trump last week about a potential peace deal. (Photo of Aleksey Babushkin, Sputnik, Kremlin swimming pool)
Moscow spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that there are many obstacles to preventing peace agreements.
“We’re just at the beginning of this road,” he told reporters this weekend.
Russia launched a massive drone attack on Kiev and other major Ukraine cities overnight on Sunday, highlighting how far it will take before a peace deal is reached.
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A residential building in the Dniprovskyi district was damaged on March 23, 2025 in a Russian drone strike in Kiev, Ukraine. (Roman Petushkov/Global Image Ukraine by Getty Image)
The Ukrainian Air Force said the Russian attack involved 147 drones, 97 of which were shot down and another 25 failed to reach the target.
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Ukrainians investigated the damage caused to their homes and communities on Sunday morning at the scene of the attack in Kiev. Many have devalued the upcoming ceasefire negotiations, pointing to burned houses in the drone strike, saying they were more like Russia’s true intentions.
