Zelenskyy believes Trump's envoy Witkoff adopted Russia's strategy
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Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:34:30 +0300

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Steve Witkoff, Trumps envoy for the Middle East, is spreading Russian narratives through his statements about potentially including Ukrainian territories in a peace agreement.
Source Zelenskyy during a meeting with journalists on 17 April, as reported by European Pravda Details Zelenskyy stressed that Ukraine will never recognise temporarily occupied territories as Russian and this position remains unchanged.
Quote I believe Mr Witkoff has adopted Russias strategy.
I think its very dangerous because he is consciously or unconsciously, I dont know spreading Russian narratives.
More details The president added that Trumps envoy has no mandate to discuss Ukrainian territories, which belong to the Ukrainian people.
Quote So I really dont understand what hes talking about.
Weve heard all this before as nonsense from Mr Putin.
I didnt think he had people spreading these narratives in other civilised countries.
So I dont take it seriously.
Background Witkoff stated on Fox News that a peace deal would involve settling the issue of the five territories, though he did not specify which ones.
Previously, in a highprofile interview with Tucker Carlson, Witkoff claimed that the biggest issue in this conflict was the socalled four regions, but then listed five Donbas, Crimea, Luhansk, and two more.
Following these remarks, Reuters reported that some of Witkoffs statements and actions regarding Russias fullscale invasion of Ukraine have drawn criticism in the White House and among Republicans.
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