Vladimir Putin greets Donald Trump’s envoy, real estate developer Steve Witkoff, in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, April 25, 2025 (Kristina Kormilitsyna/AFP/Getty)
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ORIGINAL ENTRY: The Trump Administration and the Kremlin are in secret talks over a proposal about Russia’s 46-month full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
US and Russian officials confirmed the discussion of a 28-point plan between Trump’s envoy, real estate developer Steve Witkoff, and Vladimir Putin’s senior economic advisor Kirill Dmitriev.
Dmitriev met Witkoff and other senior members of the White House Administration in Miami from Oct. 24-26.
At the time, Dmitriev’s trip was framed as a failed PR effort. His interviews were portrayed as ineffective amid Donald Trump’s anger over the Kremlin’s refusal to give up its maximalist demands for the seizure of Ukrainian territory and its aerial assault on civilians.
However, “sources with knowledge of the visit” said Dmitriev was expected to meet Witkoff in Miami. The Russian official was photographed with Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a fervent supporter of the Kremlin.
Dmitriev says now that, unlike in the past, “the Russian position is really being heard”. He blustered, “It’s happening with the background of Russia definitely having additional successes on the battlefield.”
Details of the plans were not given beyond vague references to security in Europe, security guarantees, and US relations with Russia and Ukraine in the future.
Dmitriev said, “It’s actually a much broader framework, basically saying, ‘How do we really bring, finally, lasting security to Europe, not just Ukraine?’.”
He declared that the two sides hope to produce a written document before the next summit between Trump and Putin.
A White House official said, “The President has been clear that it is time to stop the killing and make a deal to end the war. President Trump believes that there is a chance to end this senseless war if flexibility is shown.”
Witkoff discussed the plan with Rustem Umerov, the head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, earlier this week in Miami, said a Ukrainian official.
However, a meeting between the real estate developer and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, scheduled for Turkey on Wednesday, has been postponed.
The White House official said the US has begun briefing European officials about the new plan: “We think the timing is good for this plan now. But both parties need to be practical and realistic.”
