Russia US special envoy: Putin does not want to take over all of Europe
According to US special envoy Steve Witkoff, Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin does not want to take over "all of Europe". When asked about Putin's motives, Witkoff said in a TV interview that he simply did not see that Putin was after the whole of Europe. "This is a completely different situation to the Second World War - there was no Nato back then."
23.03.2025, 16:57
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With regard to the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, Witkoff said: "You can't end things without communicating with both sides, understanding what each of them needs and then trying to bring them together."
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The US special envoy also spoke again about the two meetings he has had with Putin in Moscow in recent weeks. Both had lasted around three and a half hours. Witkoff had made strikingly positive comments about Putin in recent weeks. "I have the feeling that he wants peace," Witkoff now said with regard to the Russian war of aggression.
In the interview, he was also asked whether he felt that Putin was wrongly portrayed as a tyrant or as someone whose political opponents often disappear or die. Witkoff replied: "I think in my 68 years on this earth, I have never experienced a situation where there are not two sides to a story." Everything is never simply black or white.
