# ‘You are a humanitarian also, sir’: US feeds Putin lies as Ukrainian children take cover and die

https://mins.news/en/item/109921

- The Guardian, 2026-10-21 17:57 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/you-are-a-humanitarian-also-sir-us-putin-lies-ukraine-children-take-cover-and-die-witkoff

> The Guardian argues that Steve Witkoff’s praise of Vladimir Putin as a humanitarian during their St Petersburg meeting may be part of a mendacious US strategy toward Russia. It accuses the White House of downplaying Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians, including a drone strike near Kharkiv that killed four adults and two children as Witkoff met Putin.

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