The course of the war in Ukraine but also the ways in which diplomatic pressure can be exerted on Russia to make the peace negotiations on progress, his close associates discussed today (29.08.2025). Donald Trump and his Volodimir Zelenski.
In particular, Andriy Germak, a person in the office of Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, met with Steve Whitkov, a special envoy of Donald Trump to discuss, among other things, the recent Russian attack on Kiev.
The Ukrainian official stressed in a related post: “The main priority is to promote real diplomacy and ensure the implementation of what we have agreed with the American side. We coordinate our efforts. “
Together with the First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, @SergiykyslytsyaI held a meeting in New York with the Special Envoy of U.S. President @POTUS, @SteveWitkoff.
The key priority is to push forward real diplomacy and ensure the implementation of all the… pic.twitter.com/38lluDmCk6
– Andriy Yermak (@andriyyyermak) August 29, 2025
He said: “At the beginning of the meeting, I informed Steve Whitkov of the war crimes that Russia commits against our cities and communities in Ukraine daily. In particular, I talked about tMassive rocket attack and drones in Kyiv that claimed life on 23 peopleincluding four children.
Unfortunately, Russia fails to fulfill everything necessary to end the war and apparently extends hostilities.
OR Ukraine supports President Trump’s decisive attitudeas well as all partners, to achieve a constant peace as soon as possible.
OR Ukraine welcomes all peace initiatives proposed by the United States. However, unfortunately, each of them is delayed by Russia.
We are open to direct negotiations at the leadership level and ready to discuss the wider range of issues. We believe that Global pressure is required to ensure that Russia is really ready to move towards peace And, in particular, critical leaders’ meetings for this purpose. I also invited Steve Whitkov to visit Ukraine in the near future. “