{"id":234557,"date":"2025-08-17T15:38:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T15:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/us-envoy-witkoff-hopeful-for-productive-meeting-on-ukraine-conflict-channels-television\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T15:38:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T15:38:54","slug":"us-envoy-witkoff-hopeful-for-productive-meeting-on-ukraine-conflict-channels-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/us-envoy-witkoff-hopeful-for-productive-meeting-on-ukraine-conflict-channels-television\/","title":{"rendered":"US envoy Witkoff &#8216;Hopeful&#8217; For &#8216;Productive&#8217; Meeting On Ukraine Conflict \u2022 Channels Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US envoy Witkoff &#8216;Hopeful&#8217; For &#8216;Productive&#8217; Meeting On Ukraine Conflict \u2022 Channels Television<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to \u201crobust security guarantees\u201d for Ukraine during their high-stakes summit in Alaska, a top White House envoy said Sunday, adding that he was hopeful for a \u201cproductive meeting\u201d with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders the next day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on CNN, Steve Witkoff added that Russia had agreed to unspecified concessions on five Ukrainian regions central to the fighting, particularly the eastern Donetsk province.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe agreed to robust security guarantees that I would describe as game-changing,\u201d Witkoff said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_951180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-951180\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-951180\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250817__69QW9MZ__v1__MidRes__BelgiumEuUkraineRussiaConflictDiplomacy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250817__69QW9MZ__v1__MidRes__BelgiumEuUkraineRussiaConflictDiplomacy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250817__69QW9MZ__v1__MidRes__BelgiumEuUkraineRussiaConflictDiplomacy-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250817__69QW9MZ__v1__MidRes__BelgiumEuUkraineRussiaConflictDiplomacy-768x513.jpg 768w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250817__69QW9MZ__v1__MidRes__BelgiumEuUkraineRussiaConflictDiplomacy.jpg\"\/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-951180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250817__69QW9MZ__v1__MidRes__BelgiumEuUkraineRussiaConflictDiplomacy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250817__69QW9MZ__v1__MidRes__BelgiumEuUkraineRussiaConflictDiplomacy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250817__69QW9MZ__v1__MidRes__BelgiumEuUkraineRussiaConflictDiplomacy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250817__69QW9MZ__v1__MidRes__BelgiumEuUkraineRussiaConflictDiplomacy-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250817__69QW9MZ__v1__MidRes__BelgiumEuUkraineRussiaConflictDiplomacy-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-951180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with European Commission President in Brussels, on August 17, 2025. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt \/ AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He added: \u201cThe Russians made some concessions at the table with regard to all five of those regions. There is an important discussion with regard to Donetsk and what would happen there. And that discussion is going to specifically be detailed on Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Monday will be hosting Zelensky and a number of European leaders to discuss ways to end Russia\u2019s three-and-a-half-year invasion of its neighbour.<\/p>\n<p>The preparations come after Trump dropped his push for a ceasefire following the Alaska summit with Putin, something that had been one of Washington\u2019s core demands before the summit, to which Ukraine and its European allies were not invited.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_951181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-951181\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-951181\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"778\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250816__69PP9TG__v1__MidRes__UsUkraineRussiaConflictSummit.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250816__69PP9TG__v1__MidRes__UsUkraineRussiaConflictSummit-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250816__69PP9TG__v1__MidRes__UsUkraineRussiaConflictSummit-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250816__69PP9TG__v1__MidRes__UsUkraineRussiaConflictSummit-768x498.jpg 768w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250816__69PP9TG__v1__MidRes__UsUkraineRussiaConflictSummit.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-951181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250816__69PP9TG__v1__MidRes__UsUkraineRussiaConflictSummit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250816__69PP9TG__v1__MidRes__UsUkraineRussiaConflictSummit.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250816__69PP9TG__v1__MidRes__UsUkraineRussiaConflictSummit-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250816__69PP9TG__v1__MidRes__UsUkraineRussiaConflictSummit-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AFP__20250816__69PP9TG__v1__MidRes__UsUkraineRussiaConflictSummit-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-951181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russian President Vladimir Putin shouts to reporters during a US-Russia summit on Ukraine with US President Donald Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS \/ AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on NBC Sunday that a ceasefire \u201cis not off the table,\u201d but \u201cwhat we ultimately are aiming for is an end to this war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a brief post on his Truth Social platform, Trump hailed \u201cBIG PROGRESS ON RUSSIA,\u201d without elaborating.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders heading to Washington on Monday to try and bend Trump\u2019s ear on the matter include British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, among others.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Russia,Ukraine,us<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2025\/08\/17\/us-envoy-witkoff-hopeful-for-productive-meeting-on-ukraine-conflict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US envoy Witkoff &#8216;Hopeful&#8217; For &#8216;Productive&#8217; Meeting On Ukraine Conflict \u2022 Channels Television \u00a0 US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to \u201crobust security guarantees\u201d for Ukraine during their high-stakes summit in Alaska, a top White House envoy said Sunday, adding that he was hopeful for a \u201cproductive meeting\u201d with Ukrainian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[173],"tags":[795,796,397],"class_list":["post-234557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-us"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}