Trump: Vitkoff to travel to Russia again on August 6 or 7

US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Vitkoff will visit Russia next week. This was confirmed by US President Donald Trump while speaking to journalists in New Jersey.

According to him, the special envoy is currently focused on resolving the issue in the Gaza Strip, but may possibly travel to Russia.

"He might be going, I think, next week, Wednesday or Thursday (August 6 and 7) to Russia. They would like to see him. They asked him to meet with them. So we'll see what happens," Trump said .

Journalists also asked the US president what he would do on August 8, the last day he announced that Russia would sign a truce with Ukraine. He replied that there will be sanctions, but Russia is "good at avoiding them.".

"You know, they're cunning characters and they're pretty good at avoiding sanctions," Trump said.

Asked what Russia could do to avoid sanctions, the president said it could only conclude a peace deal and "stop killing people.".

• on August 1, Trump announced that he was again sending Witkoff to Russia, but did not give any details.
• On August 3, the US ambassador to NATO said that US arms for Ukraine would bear fruit during Witkoff's visit to Russia. This will create conditions for negotiations, in his opinion.