"Armistice will not": Witcoff misunderstood Putin - Bild

The United States, on the contrary, suggested freezing the conflict on the current front line in exchange for widespread sanctions and new economic agreements with Russia. According to the publication, the Kremlin did not want to go to this proposal. Moreover, the US specialist Steve Witcoff misunderstood Putin's statements and accepted them for concession.

Thus, he understood the "peaceful departure" of Ukrainians from Kherson and Zaporozhye as a proposal of "peaceful departure" of the Russians from these regions. "Witcoff does not know what he is talking about," a Ukrainian government official said in a conversation with Bild. According to the editorial staff, representatives of the German government are also shared.

On the evening of July 7, according to the newspaper, a telephone conference was held between the specialist Vitcoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President Jay Di Vens and European partners. At the same time, Europeans have the impression that the Americans have not yet come to a single understanding of what was happening. This was primarily due to Vitcoff whose statements about his conversation with Putin in the Kremlin were perceived as confused.

He seemed to Europeans overloaded and uncompetitive when talking about territorial issues. In addition, there are differences between Americans about the role of Europe, writing journalists of the publication. Rubio believes that Europeans should be involved in the negotiation process, while Vance and Vitcoff only want to inform Europe about the results of the further steps of President Donald Trump.

It is worth noting that in May, according to the NBC TV channel, the US specialist Steve Vitcoff spoke in negotiations with Vladimir Putin through Russian translators, which was a violation of the established diplomatic protocol, since the American representative risked to miss "some nuances" in the words of the Kremlin. And to meet Putin in August, Steve Witcoff came accompanied by probably an American translator. CNN drew attention to this item.

"A woman, probably, was an American translator near Vitcoff," the TV channel said. We will remind, earlier the media suggested that negotiations with Vitcoff became for Moscow the impetus for viewing a rigid position in the matter of territories. It was discussed what kind of captured regions Russia can refuse to reduce external pressure and avoid new sanctions.