Trump has asked Putin to make a deal, end the war with Ukraine or face more economic pressure
In a sit-down interview after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump called for an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine. Vladimir Putin It should not start the full invasion in 2022.
Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity that an estimated 850,000 Russian soldiers and 700,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since the war began.
“These are millions of people who will be slaughtered on this battlefield. They are already dead, and the cities – the cities are like places of destruction,” he said in an interview on “Hannity” on Thursday.
An interior view shows a kindergarten damaged by gunfire, according to Ukrainian military officials, in Stanytsia Luhanska in Luhansk region, Ukraine in this handwritten image released on February 17, 2022. (Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Text via REUTERS)
The 47th president criticized former President Joe Biden for “allowing” the war to begin, saying his predecessor’s energy policies made Putin richer.
“Putin shouldn’t have done it. I mean, it’s not just what I’m blaming – Putin shouldn’t have done it. He shouldn’t have done it and he should have stopped it,” Trump said.
He threatened the autocratic leader. In a real social post Calling for an agreement on Wednesday or face more economic pressure.
“Now stand up and stop this ridiculous war! It’s only going to get worse. If we don’t make a ‘deal’ and soon, I have no choice but to put higher taxes, tariffs and sanctions on everything. Trump is selling the US and other participating countries to Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with members of the government at the Kremlin in Moscow. ((Photo by Alexander Kazakov/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images))
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He told reporters at the White House on Thursday. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky He already told him that he is ready to negotiate to end the war.
“He’s had enough,” Trump told Hannity. “And he shouldn’t have allowed this to happen. You know, if he wasn’t an angel, he shouldn’t have allowed this war to take place. First of all, there’s a very large entity fighting, okay? Very large.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, looks at a map as he visits the 110th Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine in Avidivka, the site of heavy fighting with Russian troops, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Dec. 29, 2023. (Ukraine Presidential Press Office via AP)
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“Zelensky was fighting a much bigger body — much bigger and more powerful. He shouldn’t have done that because we could have made a deal, and this was a deal that could have been — there was no deal,” Trump said. “I could have easily made that deal, and Zelensky decided, ‘I want to fight.'”
Reuters reported in November Putin is open to discussing the peace plan. It is said that he may agree to end the conflict on the current line.
Five current and former Russian officials have said that Ukraine will not allow Ukraine to join NATO, Moscow will not allow its exit, and NATO troops will not be on Ukrainian soil.
A public space in Kiev has been transformed into a tribute to Ukrainian flags – each representing a death in war. (Simon Owen/Fox News)
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Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Rt. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg told “American Reports”. At the beginning of this month Trump wants the war to end within 100 days of taking office.