European officials allied with Washington hope to learn details of Russia-US negotiations on settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, APA reports citing The Atlantic magazine.
"European officials say they’ve grown mystified by what exactly [Russian President Vladimir] Putin promised the Americans behind closed doors, what US officials took away from their discussions with Moscow, and where that leaves the effort to achieve peace," according to the publication. "It’s not clear what Putin told [US Special Envoy Steve] Witkoff or [US President Donald] Trump or if they understood him properly. It’s a puzzle that we’re all trying to solve," one of European officials said.
In particular, European countries would like to understand what conditions that the Russian side had set out regarding the settlement in Ukraine, were outlined by Putin to Witkoff at a meeting in Moscow on August 6, the publication said.
