❗️The conversation with Putin in October convinced Trump not to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles, – WSJ.
Media reports also state that Witkoff passed information to the Russians about Zelenskyy's visit to the United States, during which he was supposed to discuss the… pic.twitter.com/C4KlwVP1Cy
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Citing unnamed U.S. officials, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump made the final determination to refuse the transfer of Tomahawks to Ukraine after a phone call with Putin on Oct. 16. The call took place one day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s White House visit, where he hoped to secure access to the long-range missiles.
Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev, Witkoff’s primary contact in Russia, claimed the transcripts of his conversations with Witkoff published by Bloomberg were fake. He further alleged that “warmongering” Western media are running a disinformation campaign to derail the U.S. push for peace (although the initial draft of the U.S.-backed peace plan amounts to demanding Ukraine’s capitulation on Moscow’s terms).