U.S. President Donald Trump said he has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine. However, he did not provide any details of the conversation.
He announced this in an interview with The New York Post aboard the presidential plane on Friday, Ukrinform reports.
“I’d better not say,” said Trump when asked how many times the two leaders have spoken, adding he believes Putin “does care” about the killing on the battlefield.
“He wants to see people stop dying,” said Trump. “All those dead people. Young, young, beautiful people. They’re like your kids, two million of them – and for no reason.”
Traditionally, he asserted that the war “never would have happened” if he had been president.
“I always had a good relationship with Putin,” he said, unlike his predecessor. “Biden was an embarrassment to our nation. A complete embarrassment.”
Trump said he has a concrete plan to end the war.
“I hope it’s fast. Every day people are dying. This war is so bad in Ukraine. I want to end this damn thing,” he said.
Addressing National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who joined the conversation, the president said: “Let’s get these meetings going. They want to meet. Every day people are dying. Young handsome soldiers are being killed. Young men, like my sons. On both sides. All over the battlefield.”
As Ukrinform reported, on Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said that he would “probably” hold his first meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky next week and also plans to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine.
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Source: Trump says he’s spoken to Putin about ending war in Ukraine
