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US, Allies Discuss Stronger Security Guarantees for Ukraine
Soldiers man an M777 howitzer during a combat mission in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, on Dec. 24.
Photographer: Dmytro Smolienko/NurPhoto/Getty Images
US envoy Steve Witkoff said he held a “productive call” with European leaders on the next steps in President Donald Trump’s efforts to bring a halt to Russia’s war in Ukraine, following new challenges in the peace negotiations this week.
Witkoff, in a post Wednesday on X, said that he along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, had discussed “advancing the next steps in the European peace process.”