Volodymyr Zelensky “Ready To Negotiate A Deal,” Trump Says As He Sends Warning To Vladimir Putin

President Trump told reporters on Thursday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to negotiate a deal to end the war against Russia.

“Yes, he’s ready to negotiate a deal. He’d like to stop this,” Trump said.

“He’s somebody that lost a lot of soldiers, and so did Russia,” he continued.

“Russia lost more soldiers. They lost 800,000. Would you say that’s a lot? I’d say it’s a lot,” he added.

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Fox News reports:

Trump also told reporters Chinese President Xi Jinping could have an influence on the war between Russia and Ukraine since it has power over Russia. He explained that the two countries are big trading partners.

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Russia, Trump noted, supplies China with a lot of energy, and the latter pays the former a lot of money.

“I think they have a lot of power over Russia, so I think Russia should want to make a deal,” Trump said. “From what I hear, Putin would like to see me, and we’ll meet as soon as we can.”

When he described the war in Ukraine, Trump said soldiers were being killed on a battlefield that “is like no battlefield since World War II.”

“Soldiers are being killed on a daily basis at numbers that we haven’t seen in decades,” he said. “It would be nice to end that war. It’s a ridiculous war.”

Trump urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to “stop this ridiculous war.”

“I’m going to do Russia, whose Economy is failing, and President Putin, a very big FAVOR. Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“If we don’t make a ‘deal,’ and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries. Let’s get this war, which never would have started if I were President, over with! We can do it the easy way, or the hard way – and the easy way is always better,” he continued.

“It’s time to ‘MAKE A DEAL.’ NO MORE LIVES SHOULD BE LOST!!!” he added.

BBC noted:

Trump had previously said he would negotiate a settlement to Russia’s full-scale invasion launched in February 2022, in a single day.

Responding to the threat of harsher sanctions, the Kremlin said it remains “ready for an equal dialogue, a mutually respectful dialogue”.

“We’re waiting for signals that are yet to arrive,” said President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.

He added that Russia sees nothing new in Donald Trump’s threats to impose sanctions.

“He likes these methods, at least he liked them during his first presidency.”

Putin has said repeatedly that he is prepared to negotiate an end to the war, which first began in 2014, but that Ukraine would have to accept the reality of Russian territorial gains, which are currently about 20% of its land. He also refuses to accept Ukraine joining Nato, the military alliance of Western countries.

Kyiv does not want to give up its territory, although President Volodymyr Zelensky has conceded he may have to cede some currently occupied land temporarily.

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