The U.S. State Department is pulling out non-essential government personnel from the U.S. embassy in Beirut amid growing concerns over military conflict with Iran. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/24/world/politics/us-embassy-beirut-iran-tensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #stevewitkoff #iran #middleeast #lebanon #us
U.S. President Donald Trump’s assignment of his favorite envoys to juggle the Iranian nuclear standoff and Russia’s war in Ukraine in a single day has left many in the foreign policy world scratching their heads. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/18/world/politics/us-witkoff-kushner-iran-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #iran #middleeast #us #donaldtrump #republicans #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
The U.S. and Iran made progress in nuclear talks in Geneva, with Tehran’s negotiators set to return with a new proposal in two weeks, a U.S. official said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/18/world/politics/us-iran-nuclear-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #middleeast #us #donaldtrump
Kyiv and Moscow finished two days of U.S.-mediated peace talks in Geneva with U.S. President Donald Trump pressing Ukraine to act fast to reach a deal to end the four-year conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/18/world/politics/ukraine-russia-talks-geneva-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar
Israeli fire killed three Palestinians in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, while an Israeli drone wounded four others in Gaza City, the territory's health ministry has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/26/world/politics/israel-kills-three-gaza-us-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
The U.S. backed a broad coalition of Ukraine allies, promising security guarantees to support the country if Russia attacks again. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/07/world/politics/us-security-ukraine-summit-paris/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #us #donaldtrump #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
U.S. negotiators have told Ukraine that it must withdraw from the Donetsk region under any peace deal with Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/world/politics/us-ukraine-donetsk-peace-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #stevewitkoff #us #donaldtrump #jaredkushner
Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered to drop Ukraine's aspirations to join NATO during talks with U.S. envoys in Berlin on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/world/politics/ukraine-nato-peace-talks-berlin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #germany #us #donaldtrump #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #friedrichmerz #nato
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff held productive talks with Ukraine's senior negotiator Rustem Umerov over the past two days, U.S. officials said on Friday, with further talks scheduled for Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/us-officials-ukraine-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #us #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #stevewitkoff
The confusion still swirling in Washington over President Donald Trump's latest peace plan for Ukraine has made one thing clear: The U.S. president's unconventional, all-in approach to diplomacy carries big risks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/04/world/politics/trump-ukraine-peace-diplomacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us #donaldtrump #stevewitkoff
Vladimir Putin met Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner for talks on how to end the deadliest European conflict since WWII. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/world/politics/putin-witkoff-kushner-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner
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Oct. 14 call. #SteveWitkoff speaks to
#YuriUshakov, discussed how #Putin should butter #Trump up (“man of peace”)
Oct. 16 Trump speaks with Putin for two and a half hours
Oct. 17 #Zelensky visits the White House is bullied relentlessly by Trump & #Vance.
Around Oct. 24-26 #Witkoff meets with #KirillDmitriev & #JaredKushner in Miami
Oct. 29 #Ushakov & #Dmitriev discuss Russian strategy in call
#PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
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A leaked phone call transcript shows #US envoy #SteveWitkoff coached #Putin aide #YuriUshakov on how Russian leader should pitch #Trump on #Ukraine “peace” plan
Trump’s chief interlocutor with #Russia last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the Trump on a peace plan aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, acc/to a transcript of the call published by Bloomberg News Tuesday.
#PutinsPuppet
https://apnews.com/article/trump-witkoff-putin-ukraine-bloomberg-3844a3721d92dd9ae9681547a0814d88
U.S. and Ukrainian officials discussed a peace deal with Russia, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing optimism despite challenges in ending the more than 3-year-long war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/world/politics/rubio-florida-talks-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #marcorubio #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us #donaldtrump
Timeline
Oct. 14 call. #SteveWitkoff speaks to
#YuriUshakov, discussed how #Putin should butter #Trump up (“man of peace”)
Oct. 16 Trump speaks with Putin for two and a half hours
Oct. 17 #Zelensky visits the White House is bullied relentlessly by Trump & #Vance.
Around Oct. 24-26 #Witkoff meets with #KirillDmitriev & #JaredKushner in Miami
Oct. 29 #Ushakov & #Dmitriev discuss Russian strategy in call
#PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
#Trump envoy #SteveWitkoff, acc/to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published by the news service, advised Putin’s foreign policy adviser #YuriUshakov that #Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for the Gaza peace deal, say Russia had supported it & that he respects the president as a “man of peace”.
“From that, it’s going to be a really good call,” Witkoff said acc/to the transcript.
#PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between #SteveWitkoff, #Trump special envoy for peace missions, and #YuriUshakov, #Putin senior foreign-policy adviser.
The transcript was prepared after Bloomberg reviewed a recording of the call.
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The U.S.-backed 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine drew from a Russian-authored paper submitted to the Trump administration in October, according to three sources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/world/politics/us-peace-plan-ukraine-russian-document/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us #donaldtrump #stevewitkoff
A leaked phone call transcript shows #US envoy #SteveWitkoff coached #Putin aide #YuriUshakov on how Russian leader should pitch #Trump on #Ukraine “peace” plan
Trump’s chief interlocutor with #Russia last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the Trump on a peace plan aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, acc/to a transcript of the call published by Bloomberg News Tuesday.
#PutinsPuppet
https://apnews.com/article/trump-witkoff-putin-ukraine-bloomberg-3844a3721d92dd9ae9681547a0814d88
#Trump envoy #SteveWitkoff, acc/to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published by the news service, advised Putin’s foreign policy adviser #YuriUshakov that #Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for the Gaza peace deal, say Russia had supported it & that he respects the president as a “man of peace”.
“From that, it’s going to be a really good call,” Witkoff said acc/to the transcript.
#PutinsPuppet #geopolitics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO #alliance #StandWithUkraine
A leaked phone call transcript shows #US envoy #SteveWitkoff coached #Putin aide #YuriUshakov on how Russian leader should pitch #Trump on #Ukraine “peace” plan
Trump’s chief interlocutor with #Russia last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the Trump on a peace plan aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, acc/to a transcript of the call published by Bloomberg News Tuesday.
#PutinsPuppet
https://apnews.com/article/trump-witkoff-putin-ukraine-bloomberg-3844a3721d92dd9ae9681547a0814d88