Witkoff to Russia: Trump’s sanctions threaten
Witkoff to Russia: Trump’s sanctions threaten
Donald Trump's trustworthy foreign policy advisor, Steve Witkoff is expected on Wednesday in Moscow Kremlin asked for a meeting. This is done in a last attempt to prevent the draconian new sanctions that Trump . Witkoff will have a talks with Russian official, including possibly President Vladimir Putin, while the war continues in Ukraine.
uncertain conversations about the Ukraine conflict
whether Putin Witkoff - and thus also Trump - can convince that he is seriously interested in termination of the war, it remains to be seen. Trump has doubts about Putin's willingness to stop the battles and is suspicious of a guide whom he is now openly distrust.
Putin's goals in the Ukraine conflict
The Kremlin has retained its maximum ambitions for the conflict, including taking the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Saporischschja and Cherson as well as the demand that the Ukraine restricts the size of its military.
Trump's patience and frustration
less than a day before Witkoff's meeting said Trump that he wanted to wait until the negotiations were completed before deciding on the new sanctions. "We have a meeting with Russia tomorrow. We'll see what happens," he said in the White House. "At that point we will make a decision."
Witkoff's return to Moscow
When Witkoff arrives in Moscow, the atmosphere will be very different than at his last meeting with Putin in April, when Trump's frustration over the Russian president has grown in recent months. Since the April conversation, Russia has reacted resented to the peace efforts led by the United States and reinforced its attacks on Ukrainian cities, including the capital Kiev.
conversation with Selenskyj
The day before Witkoff's visit, Trump spoke by phone with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj to discuss possible sanctions against Moscow. Selenskyj said that these sanctions could "change a lot" in relation to the Russian economy.
Trumps frustrated position
In the past few months,Trump has increasingly lost patience with Russia's resistance to his peace efforts and described the air strikes as "disgusting". He accused Putin of spreading "bullshit" in her tense phone calls.
an ultimatum for Russia
he set Russia a deadline until Friday to either agree to a peace agreement or to be exposed to new sanctions, including measures against your own economy and against buyers of traces of energy. Trump has shortened his original 50-day time frame after seeing little movement from Russia.
reactions to Trump's announcements
Trump also announced that he was the positioning of Two US-ATOM-U-boats Dmitry Medvedev, the former President of Russia.
The threat from sanctions
Trump threatened two types of measures if Moscow does not reach a peace agreement on time. He said that he will apply new sanctions to Russian imports to the USA, which, due to the almost complete trade stop between the two countries, could only have minimal effects since the war started. Trump also promised "secondary tariffs" to countries that import Russian energy, including China and India, the largest energy customers in Russia.
international reactions and strategies
The USA and its western allies have taken numerous steps to reduce Moscow energy venues, including the introduction of a price limit for Russian crude oil. So far, however, this has not changed Putin's behavior. Russia also avoided some measures to regulate its traces of energy with a "shadow fleet" of tankers, whose ownership is hidden to sell to China and India.
conclusion: Witkoff's challenge
In the past few months, Witkoff played a less active role in the talks of the Ukraine conflict, since Russia refused to take substantial steps to end the conflict. With Witkoff's return to Russia, his role in the peace process is now being focused again.
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