Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy to Ukraine, is facing severe bipartisan backlash after a conversation he had was leaked to the press regarding a top foreign policy aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin about a peace deal in the war in Ukraine. In the October conversation obtained by Bloomberg, Witkoff told Yuri Uhsakov, Putin’s foreign policy assistant, that he knew how “to get a peace deal done” by offering land concessions, including the occupied Donetsk region. During the call, Witkoff said he had “the deepest respect” for Putin, echoing a statement he made in March.
Author: Garrett Owen
Published at: 2025-11-26 21:34:32
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