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Trump Dispatches Envoy to Moscow Ahead of August 8 Cease-Fire Deadline

The United States has repositioned nuclear submarines near Russia to reinforce its threat of secondary tariffs on oil exports.

White House special envoy Steve Witkoff waits for the arrival of President Donald Trump at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, N.J., en route to attend the Club World Cup final soccer match, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
President Trump said his envoy would try to “get a deal where people stop getting killed”

Overview

  • President Trump said special envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow on August 6 or 7 to press Vladimir Putin for an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine.
  • The administration has warned Russia it will face 100 percent tariffs on its oil buyers, including China and India, if it does not agree to halt hostilities by August 8.
  • Trump confirmed two U.S. nuclear submarines have been repositioned to regions near Russia in response to former president Dmitry Medvedev’s online warnings.
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov characterized the submarine deployment as routine combat duty and urged all parties to exercise caution in nuclear rhetoric.
  • Russian and Ukrainian forces continue trading strikes, including an attack in Zaporizhzhya that killed three civilians, while both sides prepare a 1,200-person prisoner exchange negotiated in Istanbul.