US envoy Witkoff's visit to Russia was not successful - diplomat

He expressed this opinion on the Espreso TV channel.

“US Special Representative Steve Witkoff waited more than eight hours to talk to Putin in Moscow. He waited for Putin to drink vodka with Lukashenko and then set aside time to talk to him. Then they met. I think these three-hour talks were not very successful. Because, by a strange coincidence, a few hours after that, they forgot to extend the license for Russian banks to trade in energy. This is a serious blow to the Russian financial system and the energy industry. There have also been reports that Ukraine will receive long-range guided aerial bombs. Therefore, if they really want to, the United States has a very large toolkit to put pressure on Russia,” Omelian explained.

The diplomat is convinced that the position of the Russian Federation today is still very much influenced by China, which continues to supply the necessary equipment for the Kremlin to continue the war.

“Putin is well aware that with the current oil prices, which are close to the critical point for Russia, he will be put in a losing situation. Logically, he would have to bargain and raise the rates to the sky, and then accept Trump's offer. It is difficult for me to predict how he will act further. In this situation, a lot depends on China. Although there are peaceful signals from Beijing, they continue to supply Russia with critical equipment to continue the war against Ukraine,” he concluded.

• On March 13, the plane of Steve Witkoff, the special envoy of the US President Donald Trump, landed in Russia. An aide to Russian leader Putin, Yuri Ushakov, did not rule out that Witkoff would meet with Putin.
• During a meeting with NATO’s Mark Rutte, Trump called Putin’s 30-day ceasefire proposal promising but said it lacked key details.
• Donald Trump also said that he expects Russia to agree to a ceasefire from Special Representative Steve Witkoff's visit to Moscow.
• On the night of March 13-14, media reported that the US President's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff held talks in Moscow and is already returning to Washington.