US special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday that he will meet with representatives from Ukraine in New York this week while saying that Washington continues to talk with Russia as the United States seeks an end to Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

Axar.az informs, citing Reuters, “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.

Witkoff said he thought Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to bring an end to 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.

“I think that we may end up seeing a bilateral meeting,” Witkoff said. “My own opinion is that the president is going to be needed at the table to finish a deal.”