The Foreign Minister of America and Russia discuss the “next steps” on Ukraine

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Sergey Lavrov discussed on Saturday the “next steps” in the discussions related to ending the war in Ukraine, the US State Department announced.
The US State Department spokeswoman Tami Bruce said that the two ministers “agreed to continue working towards restoring communication between the United States and Russia.”

War in Ukraine

In addition, US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the US special envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Keel will from now on, from Ukraine, which reduces his duties.
Trump wrote on his platform “Truth Social”: “I am pleased to announce the appointment of General Keith Keel as a special envoy for Ukraine.”
Trump did not mention that he had assigned the former military officer last November the mission to negotiate to end the war in Ukraine and to be a special envoy for both Ukraine and Russia.

Talks with Russia

The American NBC network reported that the Kremlin pressed Trump to reduce the tasks of Kilog, claiming that he was biased for Ukraine.
Kilj did not participate in the talks that took place earlier this week between the United States and Ukraine, during which Kiev announced her willingness to accept a 30 -day ceasefire if Russia agreed.
Kilj also did not participate in the talks with Russia, which followed, as the American envoy Steve Witkeov Moscow visited the possibility of a ceasefire.
Trump said in his post that Kelji would negotiate directly with Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski, noting that the American envoy has a good work relationship with leadership in Kiev.
In a separate publication, Trump denied media reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin made Witkev waiting nine hours before meeting with him. “There was no waiting at all,” Trump wrote, stressing that the meetings were “fruitful”.