RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s visits to Moscow and Kyiv are a “circus” and a “disgrace” – The Telegraph The article states that Putin is in a difficult position and that attempts by American envoys to throw him a “lifeline” are concerning. Furthermore, the pressure on Kyiv to make territorial concessions amounts to an insult to the Ukrainian people and sends a dangerous signal to Europe. The newspaper notes that Witkoff visited Moscow multiple times but traveled to Kyiv only once. The Telegraph also contrasted the American representatives’ behavior during the meetings: in Moscow, they offered Putin “smiles, praise, and ostentatious goodwill,” whereas their

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s visits to Moscow and Kyiv are a “circus” and a “disgrace” – The Telegraph

The article states that Putin is in a difficult position and that attempts by American envoys to throw him a “lifeline” are concerning. Furthermore, the pressure on Kyiv to make territorial concessions amounts to an insult to the Ukrainian people and sends a dangerous signal to Europe.

The newspaper notes that Witkoff visited Moscow multiple times but traveled to Kyiv only once. The Telegraph also contrasted the American representatives’ behavior during the meetings: in Moscow, they offered Putin “smiles, praise, and ostentatious goodwill,” whereas their embraces with Zelenskyy in Kyiv appeared “perfunctory and awkward.”

The paper described the entire affair as the “Witkoff-Kushner circus,” stating that such diplomacy threatens to confirm fears regarding US support for Ukraine under Trump—namely, that it amounts to “more hot air than genuine military strength.”

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