Reuters: U.S. special envoys Vitkoff and Kushner told Ukrainian officials that a deal allowing Russian diesel exports was designed to help bring Moscow back into negotiations over the war in Ukraine. They told the Ukrainian delegation that Russian President Putin was unwilling to negotiate an end to the war, but that the diesel deal could help restart the trilateral talks. One source said Washington presented the deal as a sign that Trump was open to cooperation with Russia, which That might help "soften" Moscow's position. "The idea was that the US could go back to Russia and say, 'Look, the Ukrainians stopped striking and gave you this agreement. Now it's your turn to do something.'

Reuters: U.S. special envoys Vitkoff and Kushner told Ukrainian officials that a deal allowing Russian diesel exports was designed to help bring Moscow back into negotiations over the war in Ukraine. They told the Ukrainian delegation that Russian President Putin was unwilling to negotiate an end to the war, but that the diesel deal could help restart the trilateral talks. One source said Washington presented the deal as a sign that Trump was open to cooperation with Russia, which That might help "soften" Moscow's position. "The idea was that the US could go back to Russia and say, 'Look, the Ukrainians stopped striking and gave you this agreement. Now it's your turn to do something.'