Ahead of NATO summit, Trump says a resolution to Ukraine war is ‘getting closer’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that a resolution to the more than four-year-old war in Ukraine is "getting closer than people realize" and that he…
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that a resolution to the more than four-year-old war in Ukraine is "getting closer than people realize" and that he will talk about Ukraine during talks in Turkey this week at a NATO summit. Trump said he had held a "good call" with Putin on the Fourth of July holiday, a conversation a Kremlin aide said lasted 85 minutes and was marked by the U.S. president offering to help find a way to move towards peace. Asked whether that was enough to bring Mr. Trump firmly on to Ukraine's side, Mr. Zelenskyy said he felt the American leader was viewing the conflict in a new light. “President Trump wants to be where there’s success,” the newspaper quoted Mr. Zelenskyy as saying. “That's tied to many things - not only to his personality, but to the approaching [U.S. midterm] elections, to his status, to his belief in how this war can be ended.” Since an Oval Office encounter between Mr. Trump and Mr. Zelenskyy last year degenerated into a shouting match, the Ukrainian president has worked to improve their relations at a series of meetings.
Furthermore, In Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he believed the U.S. position on how to resolve the conflict remained unchanged. In his comments to the Financial Times, he said the U.S. president had told him that Ukraine "is doing very well" with its long-range drone campaign on Russian oil industry targets that has triggered fuel shortages inside the country. Kremlin sees consistent U.S. line on Ukraine In Moscow, Mr. Peskov said Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump had agreed to continue contacts “in the near future” and that Moscow believed the U.S. President held a consistent position on the conflict. “You know, President Trump, the U.S. president, has a fairly consistent stance, and all these fabrications about him supposedly changing his views like a weather vane are, of course, untrue,” mr. Peskov told reporters. “He is consistent and confident in his understanding of what is happening, but, most importantly, he [Trump] is open to listening to the information that is conveyed to him by Putin.” Mr. Zelenskyy also described his weekend phone conversation with Mr. Trump as “very good”.
In addition, Trump's latest comments made no reference to his earlier call for the Ukrainian leader to move quickly in agreeing to a deal with Russia because he lacked "the cards" for negotiations. But Zelenskiy, interviewed by the Financial Times, said he believed the U.S. president was viewing the conflict in a new light in view of recent Ukrainian successes. Trump says resolution to Ukraine war 'getting closer' after talks with Putin and Zelenskyy.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that a resolution to the more than four-year-old war in Ukraine is "getting closer than people realize" and that he will talk about Ukraine during talks in Turkey this week at a NATO summit.
reliability low1/2 sourcesTrump said he had held a "good call" with Putin on the Fourth of July holiday, a conversation a Kremlin aide said lasted 85 minutes and was marked by the U.S. president offering to help find a way to move towards peace.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAsked whether that was enough to bring Mr. Trump firmly on to Ukraine's side, Mr. Zelenskyy said he felt the American leader was viewing the conflict in a new light. “President Trump wants to be where there’s success,” the newspaper quoted Mr. Zelenskyy as saying. “That's tied to many things - not only to his personality, but to the approaching [U.S. midterm] elections, to his status, to his belief in how this war can be ended.” Since an Oval Office encounter between Mr. Trump and Mr. Zelenskyy last year degenerated into a shouting match, the Ukrainian president has worked to improve their relations at a series of meetings.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIn Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he believed the U.S. position on how to resolve the conflict remained unchanged.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIn his comments to the Financial Times, he said the U.S. president had told him that Ukraine "is doing very well" with its long-range drone campaign on Russian oil industry targets that has triggered fuel shortages inside the country.
reliability low1/2 sourcesKremlin sees consistent U.S. line on Ukraine In Moscow, Mr. Peskov said Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump had agreed to continue contacts “in the near future” and that Moscow believed the U.S. President held a consistent position on the conflict. “You know, President Trump, the U.S. president, has a fairly consistent stance, and all these fabrications about him supposedly changing his views like a weather vane are, of course, untrue,” mr. Peskov told reporters. “He is consistent and confident in his understanding of what is happening, but, most importantly, he [Trump] is open to listening to the information that is conveyed to him by Putin.” Mr. Zelenskyy also described his weekend phone conversation with Mr. Trump as “very good”.
reliability low1/2 sourcesTrump's latest comments made no reference to his earlier call for the Ukrainian leader to move quickly in agreeing to a deal with Russia because he lacked "the cards" for negotiations.
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But Zelenskiy, interviewed by the Financial Times, said he believed the U.S. president was viewing the conflict in a new light in view of recent Ukrainian successes.
according to Hindustan TimesTrump says resolution to Ukraine war 'getting closer' after talks with Putin and Zelenskyy.
according to The Hindu - Home"He is consistent and confident in his understanding of what is happening, but, most importantly, he (Trump) is open to listening to the information that is conveyed to him by Putin." Zelenskiy also described his weekend phone conversation with Trump as "very good".
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