Published: August 19, 2025 6:05 pm
Author: RT
Vance, Rubio, and Witkoff have been tapped to coordinate talks between Russia and Ukraine
The White House has announced that several senior US officials will be working to expedite a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky.
Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and presidential envoy Steve Witkoff will lead coordination efforts to make the talks happen “as soon as possible,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday.
She said that US President Donald Trump spoke with Putin by phone, “and he agreed to begin the next phase of the peace process,” referring to the Russian president meeting with Zelensky, which “would be followed, if necessary, by a trilateral meeting.”
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