Putin / Trump meeting: Yury Uskanov
Comment (http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/77725) by Aide to the President of Russia Yury Ushakov on Vladimir Putinโs meeting with US Presidentโs Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (August 7, 2025)
Interview is here, loud and clear: https://t.me/rtnews/105741
๐ฌ Yury Ushakov: This meeting took place in a business-like atmosphere and was quite constructive. Both Sides can be satisfied with the outcomes of this conversation. The discussion focused on matters dealing with future efforts to work together in the context of resolving the Ukraine crisis.
๐ท๐บ๐บ๐ธ Once again, it was noted that Russia-US relations could be placed on a totally different, mutually beneficial footing, which would be in stark contrast with the way these relations have evolved in recent years.
โ๏ธ Regarding the Ukraine agenda, at the proposal of the United States, there was a principled agreement to hold a top-level bilateral meeting in the coming days, which means a meeting between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
Together with our American colleagues, we are about to start working on the specific parameters of this meeting and its venue. The venue has also been coordinated, and we will communicate on this point a little later.
As for the option of holding a trilateral meeting, which for some reason became a subject of speculation yesterday in Washington, the US representative simply mentioned it during the meeting at the Kremlin. However, there was no specific discussion on this topic. Russia has not commented on this option in any way. Our suggestion primarily focuses on preparing for a bilateral meeting with Donald Trump.
What matters most is that the meeting proves successful and produces tangible results.
It is already well known that Donald Trump spoke to several of his European partners on the phone to discuss these issues after Steve Witkoff reported back to him. It is worth noting in this regard that we have also been updating our close partners and friends through the relevant communication channels to inform them on the topics discussed during the meeting with Steve Witkoff.
Next week was suggested as a possible timeframe [for holding the meeting], but since the effort to prepare for this important event is only just beginning for both Parties, it is hard to say how long the preparations will take.
That said, the option of holding this meeting sometime next week was on the table, and we hold quite a positive view in this regard.
This “peace negotiation” between the Americans and Russia might turn out as well as the USA’s recent (snicker) peace overtures to Iran, where the USA launched a sneak attack to decapitate the Iranian government, even as the USA was loudly proclaiming its peaceful intent.
There is a lot of speculation, so I’ll give it a shot as well ๐ maybe we shouldn’t focus too much on a ‘deal’ (Trump calls every decision as such, even when it is darn hostile and a rip-off). My guess is, that it is a tactical movement of Putin… Read more »
They would not be meeting without something already agreed to. I don’t see anything related to the SMO that is grounds for agreement, except a 7-10 day ceasefire for POW and 200s exchange. Thus, something at a higher geopolitical level was agreed to: normalization of diplomatic relations. Intensive meetings for… Read more »
Old movie clip .. Cool Runnings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcPIH0fMieo
I’ll be sending the honey – lots of honey needed.
hmmm. One supposes, after shameful serial public bawling and temper tantrums.. entitled upstarts must be humored, if but to prevent unwelcome evaporation of residual sanity
Solution: royal English tea and biscuits will be served, toupees petted, empathic noises emoted, and on to denazifying more nazis worldwide