Reuters reports the information."I'm meeting with the Ukrainians this week. So I will be meeting with them this week in New York, and that's a big signal. We talk to the Russians every day," Witkoff said on Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier" show.He also expressed the opinion that Russian leader Vladimir Putin wants to end the war."I think he (Putin) has made a good faith effort to engage. He certainly did at the Alaska summit. But it's a very complicated conflict," Witkoff said.On August 26, U.S. President Donald Trump said that Russia was “posturing” by claiming that it would not sign an agreement with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.