Trump says Putin wants a deal more than Zelensky does
US President Donald Trump believes Russian leader Vladimir Putin is more interested in ending the war than Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The source gives only the core of the statement.
US President Donald Trump has said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is more interested in reaching a deal to end the war than Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is. The remark concerns Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.
The brief report from the Ukrainian outlet Pravda conveys only the essence of the statement: Trump thinks Putin wants an agreement more strongly than Zelensky does. The source text does not say where or in what circumstances the remark was made.
The report also gives no details of Trump's reasoning, no reaction from the Kremlin or Kyiv, and no information about the current state of any negotiations. Those points remain unclear until further details of the statement become available.
