Black and white: These are the main topics of negotiations for the end of the war

In an interview with the American portal "Breitbart News", the special envoy of the White House, Steve Witkoff, also emphasized that "there will be no agreement without the approval of the President (of Russia, Vladimir) Putin."

"I think the key issues are the regions, the nuclear power plant, and how the Ukrainians will be able to use the Dnieper River and go out to the ocean," Witkoff said.

He emphasized that the issue of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant is of particular importance due to its energy capacity.

The special envoy of the US president, Steve Witkoff, in an interview recorded before the Russian proposal to Kyiv for direct negotiations, said that US leader Donald Trump issued an "ultimatum" to the parties on the need to maintain them, claiming that otherwise the US would withdraw from the process of resolving the dispute.

Witkoff pointed out that he discussed the solution to the conflict not only with Moscow and Kyiv, but also with national security advisers from Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy.

• Russia's brutal response to the ultimatum