United States Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said Monday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sent a letter to President Donald Trump apologizing for his behavior in the Oval Office.
“Zelensky sent a letter to the president,” Witkoff shared. “He apologized for that whole incident that happened in the Oval Office.”
“I think that it was an important step,” he added, “and there’s been a lot of discussion between our teams and the Ukrainians and the Europeans who are relevant to this discussion as well.”
His comments build off Trump’s revelation, during his joint address to Congress last week, that Zelensky had sent him a letter following the contentious Oval Office scene, after which Trump told Zelensky to leave the White House. But Trump had not revealed that Zelensky had apologized to him during the joint address.
TOPSHOT – (L to R) US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, the Russian president’s foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting together at Riyadh’s Diriyah Palace on February 18, 2025. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP) (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
This week, the State Department said Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling to Saudi Arabia to speak with Ukrainians about Trump’s goal of ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
