Trump says Putin wants deal to end Ukraine war
US President Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin wanted to reach a deal to end the war in Ukraine, despite doubts from US, Ukrainian and European intelligence officials.
Washington, United States. US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to make a deal to end the war in Ukraine following what Trump described as a “great” conversation earlier in the week.
Trump said an agreement would be possible if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy also wanted to make a deal.
Trump-Putin call
Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One for Dallas that he had spoken by phone with Putin on Tuesday.
The call came shortly after US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, returned from diplomatic visits to Moscow and Kyiv. The two, who are overseeing most major US peace negotiations, discussed possible proposals to end the war.
Intelligence concerns
Last month, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe met intelligence officials in Moscow, partly to encourage Russian officials to end their invasion.
Despite the diplomatic efforts and Trump’s comments, intelligence officials in the United States, Ukraine and Europe continue to question whether Putin is seriously interested in ending the war, which is in its fourth year.
“The holdup is two people who hate each other,” Trump said, referring to Putin and Zelenskiy.
“I think more than anything else, it’s two people that hate each other.”
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