On the 23rd, Reuters quoted an American official as reporting that US special envoy for the Middle East issue Steven Witkov is expected to go to Russia on the 25th to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine issue. The report said that the White House said earlier that Witkov had previously held three lengthy meetings with Putin to resolve the Ukraine issue, and he will return to Russia later this week. Furthermore, representatives of Britain, France, Germany, and the United States held talks on Ukraine with the Ukrainian delegation in London on the 23rd. A British Foreign Office spokesman said in a statement on the same day that “significant progress” had been made in the talks, but the statement did not explain the substantive results. US Secretary of State Rubio participated in the talks on Ukraine held in Paris, France on the 17th, but was absent from the talks on the 23rd due to “busy schedules,” and US Special Envoy for Ukrainian Affairs Keith Kellogg attended the conference instead. Rubio said on the 18th that negotiations on the Ukraine issue cannot continue to stand still. He said that if there is no sign that Russia and Ukraine have reached an agreement in the short term, the US side will not continue to coordinate.

On the 23rd, Reuters quoted an American official as reporting that US special envoy for the Middle East issue Steven Witkov is expected to go to Russia on the 25th to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine issue. The report said that the White House said earlier that Witkov had previously held three lengthy meetings with Putin to resolve the Ukraine issue, and he will return to Russia later this week. Furthermore, representatives of Britain, France, Germany, and the United States held talks on Ukraine with the Ukrainian delegation in London on the 23rd. A British Foreign Office spokesman said in a statement on the same day that “significant progress” had been made in the talks, but the statement did not explain the substantive results. US Secretary of State Rubio participated in the talks on Ukraine held in Paris, France on the 17th, but was absent from the talks on the 23rd due to “busy schedules,” and US Special Envoy for Ukrainian Affairs Keith Kellogg attended the conference instead. Rubio said on the 18th that negotiations on the Ukraine issue cannot continue to stand still. He said that if there is no sign that Russia and Ukraine have reached an agreement in the short term, the US side will not continue to coordinate.