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Russian President Vladimir Putin has put forward a peace proposal to end the war that involves the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, an offer that Ukraine is unlikely to accept, according to President Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Russians have put a peace proposal on the table. It involves Donetsk. It may not be, it may not be something that the Ukrainians can take, but no one\u2019s ever made that kind of progress here, and it\u2019s because of his [Trump\u2019s] force of personality and his motivation to end the conflict and the death that we\u2019re at this, this place where we think the end is in sight,\u201d Witkoff, who was one of three U.S. officials who met with Putin along with Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Alaska this month, said during his Tuesday appearance on Fox News\u2019 \u201cSpecial Report.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since returning to the White House, the president has pushed both Ukraine and Russia to agree to a peace deal. But Kyiv and Moscow remain far apart on key concessions, particularly regarding security guarantees and the distribution of territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donetsk and Luhansk are the two regions in eastern Ukraine that make up Donbas. The Russian military has so far taken nearly all of Luhansk, and it controls about 75 percent of the Donetsk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump told reporters on Monday that \u201cwe haven\u2019t even discussed the specifics\u201d of security guarantees regarding Ukraine, adding the U.S. will be \u201cinvolved from the standpoint of backup. We\u2019re going to help them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last week, the president floated the idea of offering U.S. pilots and warplanes as part of security guarantees for Ukraine. Trump said Europeans are willing to put troops on the ground in Ukraine as part of a potential peacekeeping force and that \u201cwe\u2019re willing to help them with things, especially, probably, if you talk about by air because nobody has stuff we have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. told European officials in recent days that Washington is ready to provide \u201cstrategic enablers\u201d including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), control, command and air defense assets, to allow for a potential European-led deployment of armed peacekeepers, The Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing European and Ukrainian officials who briefed on the discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After meeting with Putin in Alaska earlier this month, and huddling days later with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders at the White House, Trump advocated for a bilateral meeting between the Ukrainian leader and Putin. The Kremlin has rejected the proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Witkoff told host Bret Baier on Tuesday that he is meeting with Ukraine\u2019s officials \u201cthis week\u201d in New York City and added that the U.S. side is talking with Russian officials \u201cevery day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think that we may end up seeing a bilateral meeting. My own opinion is, is that the President is going to need, going to be needed at the table to finish a deal,\u201d Witkoff said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, met with Zelensky in Kyiv on Monday, touching on a range of topics, including security guarantees, the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia during the war, ways to compel Russia to \u201cengage in real negotiations\u201d and end the three-and-a-half-year war in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn particular, the discussion concerned sanctions and tariff pressure, the possibility of applying which must remain on the agenda,\u201d Zelensky\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Witkoff told Baier on Tuesday that Putin told U.S. officials in Alaska that he wants to bring an end to the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe has certainly said that and hopefully he stands, he stands by that,\u201d the special envoy, who has met with Putin five times this year, said on Fox News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vice President Vance said over the weekend that sanctions \u201caren\u2019t off the table,\u201d but emphasized the Trump administration is going to make \u201cthese determinations on a case-by-case basis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat do we think is actually going to exert the right kind of leverage to bring the Russians to the table? Now, you said sanctions were not going to lead to a ceasefire. I think that\u2019s obviously correct. If you look at the way the Russians have conducted themselves, they don\u2019t want a ceasefire,\u201d Vance told NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d host Kristen Welker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump on Tuesday dismissed Russia\u2019s questioning of Zelensky\u2019s legitimacy, saying it \u201cdoesn\u2019t matter what they say.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverybody\u2019s posturing. It\u2019s all bulls\u2011\u2011\u2011-,\u201d he said during a lengthy Cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked if he would again set a firm timeline for Putin to agree to some kind of ceasefire or have Russia face additional economic penalties, Trump was noncommittal, saying he wants to \u201csee that deal end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very serious, what I have in mind, if I have to do it,\u201d the president added. \u201cBut I want to see it end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia has continued to make advances on the battlefield, conquering two villages, Zaporizske and Novoheorhiivka, in the Dnipropetrovsk region this week, according to DeepState, a Ukrainian government-affiliated group that closely tracks the advancements in the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Russian Defense Ministry stated on Tuesday that it had seized the two villages in the Dnipropetrovsk region, an area the Kremlin military has crossed into for the first time in June. Ukrainian officials in the region said the fighting has continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, the Russians have entered and are trying to gain a foothold. Ours are fighting to hold their positions,\u201d the spokesperson for Dnipro Regional Administrative District, Viktor Trehubov, told Ukrainian news agency RBC-Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Russian military incursion in the region was carried out by infantry, drones and other military support, DeepStates\u2019s analysts said on Telegram, adding that the Kremlin\u2019s armed forces are now \u201centrenching themselves,\u201d and gathering additional infantry to potentially advance further in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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