Russia, Ukraine and Trump
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President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he's directed Driscoll to meet with the Ukrainians and White House special envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his special envoy Steve Witkoff will be going to Moscow next week to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin – and his son-in-law Jared Kushner might go with him.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says talks in Geneva over Washington’s draft plan to end the war in Ukraine have yielded “tremendous progress”. Officials from the United States, Ukraine, and national security advisers from France, the United Kingdom and Germany particiaped in the talks.
The so-called European E3 powers - Britain, France and Germany - have drafted a counter-proposal that pushes back on proposed limits to Kyiv's armed forces and territorial concessions, according to a document seen by Reuters on Sunday and a source familiar with the document.
The Treasury Department announced the additional U.S. sanctions on Russia, targeting the oil companies Rosneft and Lukoil. Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters earlier that the sanctions would be announced. The Treasury cited the lack of a serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine.
A trio of astronauts and cosmonauts will celebrate Thanksgiving by heading to the International Space Station.