Mark Vogel fired from Russia after talks with Trump’s envoy

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Russia issued an American teacher from his detention in a move that the White House was described as a “goodwill” that would help the talks to end the war in Ukraine.

Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Wittouf flew to Moscow on his own capacity on Tuesday to negotiate the deal and secure the return of Mark Vogel, who was detained. Russia Since 2021.

Once the Russian Witkoff plane left, US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz issued a statement confirming that Vogel will return to “tonight”.

President Trump, Steve Witkev The President’s advisers negotiated an exchange that works as a offer for good intention of the Russians and a sign that we move in the right direction to finish brutal and A terrible war in UkraineAl -Fals said.

A plane connected to Witkoff landed in Moscow earlier on Tuesday, which drew attention to the secret deal that was announced only because he left the Russian airspace on Tuesday afternoon.

It was not clear what the United States promised the Kremlin in exchange for Vogel’s release, and the White House did not provide further details.

Vogel was arrested on charges of bringing the medical marijuana to the country in August 2021. He began to have a 14 -year prison sentence on charges of charges in 2022. The Joe Biden administration launched it as incorrectly detained in late December.

The plane, which took off from Dallas Airport at 5.40 pm on Monday, was registered for a company linked to Witkoff, a real estate developer who was appointed Trump to be his own envoy. The plane responded to a site near Moscow after about eight hours, at approximately 10 am local time.

Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski said on Tuesday evening that he was “already ready to hold meetings with US representatives.”

Trump said on the social truth platform on Tuesday that he would send the Treasury Secretary to Ukraine to discuss American arrival Natural resources And ending the war between Russia and Ukraine.

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“This war must end and will end soon – a lot of death and destruction,” Trump said.