Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, has stated he doesn’t know the way the media obtained particulars of his cellphone conversations with Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump's Particular Envoy. He insisted that Russia has not carried out any surveillance on this regard or leaked the data.

Supply: Ushakov chatting with Pavel Zarubin, a journalist on the Rossiya TV channel

Quote: "I typically discuss to Witkoff. However I don't touch upon the content material. And concerning Dmitriev, why? [He is – ed.] a consultant of Russia. I can discuss on the cellphone with you and with another individual. The identical goes for Dmitriev. Why ought to my dialog with Dmitriev be of curiosity?"

Particulars: Requested whether or not the conversations reported by the media actually mirrored what was stated, Ushakov refused to debate it, saying the calls are confidential.

Talking about how the data might have reached the press, he recommended the calls may have been intercepted: "Somebody could also be listening, I don't know. Somebody is leaking, somebody is listening. However that wasn't us."

Requested why such leaks are being made, he recommended they had been supposed "to intervene with us".

"It’s unlikely they’re doing this to enhance relations, that are presently being constructed with issue – partially by way of engagements of this type," he added.

Quote: "Concerning Witkoff, I can say that provisional agreements have been reached that he’ll journey to Moscow subsequent week, together with a number of different members of the administration [President Donald Trump's administration – ed.] concerned in Ukrainian affairs."

Background: Earlier, media experiences emerged that US Particular Envoy Steve Witkoff had a phone dialog with Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov in October, throughout which he gave recommendation on how Russia may higher current its proposals for a "peace plan" to Donald Trump.

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