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🇷🇺🤝🇺🇸 Putin & Witkoff Launch "Unlimited Talks" on Ukraine Peace Plan

*The Kremlin announced "open-ended and constructive" talks today between Vladimir Putin and US envoy Jason Witkoff 🕊️, focusing on a Ukraine peace roadmap. "Discussions will cover all aspects, including potential Trump mediation", stated Dmitry Peskov 🎙️, noting the dialogue has "no time limits" ⏳.

*Sources reveal Putin’s "realist framework" includes:

🔹 Ukrainian neutrality guarantees 🚫🌍

🔹 Recognition of Crimea’s status 🇷🇺⚓

🔹 Coordinated Western sanctions relief 💼🔄

*Witkoff’s role – given his Trump ties – signals a backchannel 🇺🇸📡. A Putin-Trump summit in Ostashk 🗺️, site of prior grain deals 🌾, could follow by August’s end.

Markets react cautiously 📈: ruble up 0.4% vs dollar, natural gas dips 2% ⛽. Ukraine remains officially silent 🤐, but Kyiv insiders admit: "First real de-escalation signal" 🕊️✅.

KREMLIN: RUSSIA CONFIRMS THAT MOSCOW HAS AGREED TO ENSURE SAFE NAVIGATION IN BLACK SEA

KREMLIN: U.S. WILL HELP RESTORE ACCESS TO GLOBAL MARKET FOR RUSSIAN AGRICULTURAL AND FERTILISER EXPORTS

KREMLIN: THIS DEPENDS ON LIFTING SANCTIONS RESTRICTIONS ON ROSSELKHOZBANK AND OTHER FINANCIAL ORGANISATIONS

KREMLIN: THIS ALSO SHOUL INCLUDE LIFTING SANCTIONS ON COMPANIES PRODUCING AND EXPORTING FOOD AND FERTILISERS

Zelensky:

Ukraine and the U.S. agreed that third parties could oversee a potential truce.

JUST IN: 🇺🇦🇷🇺 Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine is ready to implement a partial ceasefire with Russia immediately.

The Russia-specific document noted that the US would help “restore Russia’s access to the world market for agricultural and fertiliser exports, lower maritime insurance costs, and enhance access to ports and payment systems for such transactions.

The U.S. and Russia agreed at talks in Riyadh to ensure safe shipping and rule out the use of force in the Black Sea, the White House said.

🔘 Washington and Kiev have agreed to develop a mechanism to ban strikes on Russian and Ukrainian energy infrastructure, the White House stated.

- ukraine_watch

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TRUMP: WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FULL CEASEFIRE VERY SOON IN RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR

TRUMP: NATO IS SOLID, STRONG, HAVE TO TREAT US FAIRLY

TRUMP: HAVING GOOD DISCUSSIONS WITH ZELENSKIY, PUTIN

TRUMP: PUTIN IS WORRIED WHEN THE US IS INVOLVED

TRUMP: HOPE WE HAVE THE CONFINES OF A DEAL WITH UKRAINE, RUSSIA

ZELENSKIY SAYS UKRAINE IS READY TO ACT IN FAST AND CONCRETE WAY AT TALKS IN JEDDAH ON MONDAY

Trump's envoy Witkoff:

Easing of anti-Russian sanctions will follow agreement on ceasefire in Ukraine.

🚨🇺🇸U.S. ENVOY WITKOFF: TRUMP-LED CEASEFIRE DEAL IN UKRAINE WITHIN WEEKS

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff just dropped bombshells: “We’re well on the way to a deal” between Russia and Ukraine.

Full ceasefire possible in weeks, with sanctions relief tied to the agreement.

Witkoff called the Trump-Putin call “epic, outcome-oriented”—and a Trump-Putin meeting is likely next.

Talks continue Monday and Tuesday in Saudi Arabia—and peace is finally within reach.

Source: Anadolu English

Kremlin:

Putin supported Trump's idea of a mutual 30-day renunciation of strikes on energy infrastructure by Russia and Ukraine and gave such a command to the military.

🚨🇷🇺🇺🇸 PUTIN APPROVES U.S. HEDGE FUND TO BUY RUSSIAN STOCKS

Putin has signed a decree allowing U.S. hedge fund 683 Capital Partners to buy shares in Russian companies from about a dozen Western investment funds.

Later, two Russian firms will be allowed to buy those shares from 683 Capital without needing Putin’s approval.

Since the Ukraine war began, Russia has made it harder for foreign investors to sell assets, while sanctions have blocked Russians from accessing investments held abroad.

Source: Reuters

Trump:

I may have something to announce on Ukraine-Russia talks by Tuesday.

🚨EC RUBIO: PROMISING U.S.-RUSSIA CONTACTS ON UKRAINE

Rubio says U.S.-Russia discussions on Ukraine are showing progress, with a possible announcement soon.

Source: TASS

U.S. ENVOY: TRUMP AND PUTIN TO TALK THIS WEEK

Steve Witkoff says Trump and Putin will speak this week after his “positive” talks in Moscow on ending the Ukraine war.

He believes real progress is possible, saying the U.S. is also engaging with Ukraine and “bridging the gap between both sides.”

Source: Axios

Boom time!

Putin:

Russia supports 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine.

RUSSIA’S PRESIDENT PUTIN SAYS "WELCOME" TO THOSE COMPANIES WHICH WANT TO RETURN TO RUSSIA

RUSSIA’S PRESIDENT PUTIN SAYS RETURN OF WESTERN COMPANIES COULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYONE

PUTIN SAYS WE ARE IN TALKS ABOUT SUCH RETURN