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US envoy gave Russian aide tips on how to sell Ukraine deal to Trump: report

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff gave a senior Kremlin official tips on how to sell a Ukraine peace deal to President Donald Trump, a report said.

Witkoff spoke by phone to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov on Oct. 14, advising him on how Putin should bring up the topic with the U.S. president, according to Bloomberg.

“We put a 20-point Trump plan together that was 20 points for peace, and I’m thinking maybe we do the same thing with you,” Witkoff was quoted by Bloomberg as saying, in reference to the Trump administration’s Gaza peace deal…READ MORE.
 

Witkoff, Trump and Putin

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images; Alexander Kazakov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

White House

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US President Donald Trump speaks as the Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent listens as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on September 5, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) (Getty)

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World Stage

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Capitol Hill

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Across America 

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