One of President Donald Trump’s top envoys chose his words carefully on Sunday in discussing Moscow’s evasiveness over a prospective peace deal with Ukraine. “I don’t want to put words in President [Vladimir] Putin’s mouth,

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy, said in a Sunday appearance on CNN’s State of the Union that he expected negotiations to end the Ukraine–Russia war would yield a peace deal. “I think, as the president said, he really expects there to be some sort of deal in the coming weeks maybe,” Witkoff told Jake Tapper.