President Donald Trump has announced that a team of four US officials will work on negotiations with Russia and Ukraine to end the war that has been raging between the two countries since 2022.
We have “agreed to work very closely, including one another's visits,” Trump posted on Wednesday in Truth Society about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky. “We also agreed that each team would soon begin negotiations.”
“I asked CIA John Ratcliffe's director, national security adviser Michael Waltz, and special envoy Steve Witcoff's Secretary Marcorubio to lead negotiations that I feel strongly,” Trump posted the truth. Social Wednesday announced that Russia is ready to hash negotiations on the ongoing war.
Negotiations over the end of the war reportedly kicked off “instantly,” with Trump previewing Wednesday that they “believe a ceasefire in the not-so-distant future.”. ”
Trump says he agrees to start negotiations “quickly” to end the war in Ukraine
President Donald Trump's negotiation team, from left to right: National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, CIA director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East Steve Witkoff. (Getty Images)
Fox News Digital saw a team of US officials whom Trump tapped to lead the negotiations while in progress.
US Special Envoy to Steve Witkov, Middle East
Steve Witkov is a real estate mogul who served as a key figure in attacking the ceasefire contract between Hamas and Israel before Trump took office. (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Witkov was taken as a Middle Eastern envoy and served as a key figure in attacking the ceasefire contract between Hamas and Israel before Trump took office, according to Trump's recent news outlets and Fox News Digital. According to a statement to the source I spoke to.
Witkov traveled to Israel in January and met with Jerusalem Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before it was announced that a ceasefire had reached between Israel and Hamas.
Witkov recently traveled to Russia to secure the release of US citizen Mark Vogel, who is in Russian custody when he was arrested for possession of marijuana at the airport since 2021.
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Witkoff, similar to Trump, is a real estate giant who founded the real estate company The Witkoff Group in 1997.
National Security Advisor Michael Waltz
Michael Waltz is a longtime Trump ally, an ornamented retired green beret, serving in the National Guard as a colonel. (John Nasion/Getty Images)
As national security adviser, Trump has appointed Mike Waltz, who was the Republican lawmaker representing Florida from 2019 to 2025.
In a recent interview with NBC's “Meet the Press,” Waltz said that conversations to end the war between Ukraine and Russia have been heavy on leaders around the world.
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“We need to bring all aspects to the table and end this war,” he said in an interview. “And it has been talking to the Middle Eastern leaders, Prime Minister Modi and President Xi, and everyone is ready to help President Trump end this war.
Waltz is a longtime Trump ally, an ornamented retired green beret, serving in the National Guard as a colonel.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe
Newly created CIA director John Ratcliffe will lead negotiations to reach peace between Russia and Ukraine. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Newly created CIA director John Ratcliffe will lead negotiations to reach peace between Russia and Ukraine. Ratcliffe served as director of national intelligence from 2020 to 2021 during the first Trump administration.
During a Senate confirmation hearing, Ratcliffe led the CIA to warn that the country's top foreign intelligence reporting agencies were using technology to lag behind countries such as Russia and China using intelligence reporting.
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“We're not where we were supposed to be,” Ratcliffe told the Senate Intelligence Committee in January.
Ratcliffe worked in his US home as a Republican representing Texas from 2015 to 2020.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio, the first member of Trump's Cabinet, has been confirmed and sworn under his second administration, but is serving as the country's 72nd Secretary of the Secretary of the State. (Evan Vucci/AP)
Rubio, the first member of Trump's Cabinet, was confirmed and sworn under his second administration and serves as the country's 72nd Secretary.
Rubio headed to a security meeting in Munich on Thursday. This was a well-known annual conference focusing on security issues at the international level, where he and Vice President JD Vance met with Zelensky on Friday.
Trump also spoke with Zelensky on Wednesday, and announced that Ukrainian leaders wanted to reach a peace deal.
“Like President Putin, he wants to create peace. He has discussed various topics related to war, but most of the time, Vice JD Vance was held at a meeting established in Munich on Friday. The president and Secretary of State Marco Rubio hope that the outcome of the encounter will be positive!” Trump wrote.
Rubio served as the US Republican Senator representing Florida from 2011 to 2025. This was a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and vice-chair of the Senate Selection Committee on Intelligence Reports.
White House press chief Caroline Leavitt told the media when asked about negotiations that President Donald Trump views Putin as “a great competitor” and “sometimes an enemy.” (AP/Evan Vucci)
Russia and Ukraine have been at war since February 2022, when Russia invaded its neighboring countries. Trump said on the 2024 campaign trail that he would end the war if he was re-elected, but claimed that it would never have started if he were in an oval office at the time.
White House press chief Caroline Leavitt told the media on Wednesday when he asked the media about negotiations that Trump viewed Putin as “a great competitor” and “sometimes an enemy.”
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“The country believes Putin and Russia are viewed as great competitors in the region. With leaders all over the world. Find that common foundation and call them when they're wrong. Leading from the status of peace through strength. That is the president's greatest strength. ”
