US President says a ceasefire deal between and is edging closer.
As a result, Trump says he is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin “shortly,” at an unknown location which, according to Trump, is “very popular for a lot of reasons.
“Putin would like to meet as soon as possible,” Trump said, adding that the situation in Ukraine “could be solved very soon.”
According to the US leader, the meeting would have been held sooner, but that wasn’t possible due to “security arrangements that unfortunately people have to make.”
Trump said would include territory swaps between the two countries.
“We are looking to get some territory back,” Trump said, adding it would be for the “betterment” of both countries.
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine has repeatedly refused calls to give up any of its territory in exchange for a ceasefire.
Trump said if it wasn’t for him, the war between Ukraine and Russia would have developed into a World War.
“I stopped that, that’s stopped,” he said.
Could Ukraine withdraw from eastern Ukraine?
Friday’s announcement from Trump comes after Putin’s meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Putin told Witkoff he would be willing to agree to a ceasefire if Kyiv agreed to withdraw its forces from the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine.
As a result, Russia would take control of the region, which includes the cities and , as well as the peninsula it illegally occupied and annexed in 2014, which Russia would like to receive international acknowledgment for its sovereignty over.
As a result, the US newspaper reported, the Trump administration began preparing for a summit with the Russian leader, despite officials in Europe being skeptical of the suggestion being viable due to Ukraine having to give up territory without Russia obliging to more than stopping the fighting.
Edited by Sean Sinico
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