Steve Witkoff, Trump’s top negotiator, said the U.S. would be looking to talks from early in the war as a basis for a deal. Ukraine’s supporters saw it as an embrace of a Kremlin talking point.

Trump and his deputies have pressured Zelensky to accept a deal on tapping revenues from Ukraine's mineral wealth US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday they expected that an agreement would be signed this week on US access to Ukraine's critical mineral deposits.

US special envoy Steve Witkoff suggested Sunday that the war in Ukraine wasn’t “necessarily” provoked by the Kremlin, while predicting that a mineral deal with Kyiv would get “signed this week.” “The war didn’t need to happen.

Trump officials including Defense Secretary Hegseth, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff are dodging questions about whether Russia is responsible for starting the war in Ukraine.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday that Russia should not necessarily be blamed for sparking the war in Ukraine — a position that aligns with President Donald Trump’s recent strikes against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the three-year anniversary of the fighting looms.

U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, said on Thursday he was in discussions with Ukraine for a peace agreement framework to end the three-year war with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said intensive contacts were taking place with U.

President Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday he expects a deal to come together this week with Ukraine to give the United States access to rare earth minerals.

Steve Witkoff, who has participated in talks to finalize a deal regarding Ukraine's rare earth minerals, expects an agreement to be made this week.

"There were all kinds of conversations back then about Ukraine joining NATO. The president has spoken about this. That didn't need to happen. It basically became a threat to the Russians," Steve Witko

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has agreed to sign a mineral deal in a step forward that could help bring an end to Russia's years-long invasion.

The United States and Ukraine are negotiating a meeting next week in Saudi Arabia. During the talks, the framework for a potential peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia may be discussed, stated the US Special Envoy to the Middle East,