️ UPDATE: White House calls Kyiv Independent's Witkoff story "fake news b*******," defends Trump emissary.

️ UPDATE: White House calls Kyiv Independent's Witkoff story "fake news b*******," defends Trump emissary.

"The special envoy talks almost daily with representatives from both sides of the war to find a way to peace, and pays his own expenses as he travels around the world to facilitate negotiations," White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said.