Trump Send Witkoff to go to Russia for ‘Last Opening’ Ukraine Cessefire Speech

London – President Donald Trump’s special envoy is expected to Steve Witkoff, trip to Russia at the end of this week, the president told journalists on Sunday, in an attempt to ensure a elusive agreement of Alto El Fuego “where people stop being murdered.”

Witkoff will travel to Moscow on Wednesday or Thursday, Trump told reporters.

Witkoff addresses Russia in the midst of the frustration of construction in the White House, with six months of diplomacy under Trump that failed to achieve a peace agreement, or even a high fire, to end the large -scale invasion of Moscow of its neighbor, which began in February 2022.

Last month, Trump issued a 50 -day ultimatum to the Russian president Vladimir Putin, threatening sanctions and rates, including secondary sanctions to the main clients for Russian energy exports such as China and India, if the Kremlin failed to accept a high fire.

Last week, the president cut the 10 -day window, citing the continuous strikes of Russian drones and missiles in Ukraine. That 10 -day deadline will expire on Friday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday that Russia “will not rule out the possibility” that Witkoff visits Moscow at the end of this week.

“We are always happy to see Mr. Witkoff in Moscow and we are always happy to have contact,” said Peskov. “We consider that these contacts are important, significant and very useful.”

“The Dialogue continues and the United States continues its efforts to mediate in the search for a Ukrainian agreement,” he added. “These efforts are very important, even in the context of the continuous process of Russian-Ukrainian direct negotiations. The work continues, and we continue to be committed to the idea that a political and diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian problem is, of course, our favorite option.”

The Tass news agency affiliated with the state of Russia reported that Peskov said that Putin would meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a meeting that kyiv proposed repeatedly, but was rejected by Moscow, once the “preparatory work” at expert level was completed.

Ukraine is supporting the demand of the United States of a high immediate fire, after which negotiations on a total peace agreement may take place.

Zelenskyy published on Telegram on Monday urging a stronger action against Moscow by the western partners of Kyiv.

“The world has enough power to stop this and protect people,” the president wrote. “We trust strong decisions from the United States, Europe and the world with respect to secondary sanctions to the trade of Russian energy resources, in the Moscow banking sector.”

Andriy Kovalenko, head of the counter-processing center that operates as part of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, suggested in a telegram post that Witkoff’s expected visit at the end of this week represents Russia’s last opportunity to stop the war. “

“If the visit is not successful, there will be sanctions,” Kovalenko wrote.

But Oleksandr Merezhko, a member of the Zelenskyy party and president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, told ABC News that it does not expect Trump to impose sanctions on the largest customers of fossil fuels in Russia, China and India, even if Putin again rejects a high fire.

“I guess Trump could impose some type of tariffs, which does not prevent China and India from buying Russian oil and gas,” said Merezhko.

“The key problem is how to deny Russia’s income for selling its oil and gas to China and India, which are the largest buyers,” he added. “On the one hand, Trump does not want to seem weak, but on the other hand, he does not want to spoil relations with China and India imposing serious sanctions.”

The relations between the United States and Russia were reduced last week before the imminent deadline of high fire, with Trump participating in a public dispute with Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president and prime minister now serves as vice president of the country’s security council.

Medvedev framed Trump’s ultimatum as “a threat and a step towards war. Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with his own country.”

Medvedev’s comments led Trump to order two nuclear submarines to move on to “appropriate regions”, citing “highly provocative statements” of Medvedev, which has become known as a particularly aggressive voice within the Putin security establishment.

Joe Simonetti of ABC News contributed to this report.