Trump urges Ukraine to make a deal with Russia
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel
Donald Trump said he wanted Ukraine to make a deal with Russia to end the war, warning Volodymyr Zelensky that things would go badly if he did not want to end it. The US president was speaking at the White House on Tuesday, according to AFP; in the same live coverage, Zelensky welcomed the resumption of US intelligence-sharing.
Donald Trump said on Tuesday 20 October that he wanted Ukraine to make a deal with Russia to end the war. The US president warned that Volodymyr Zelensky needed to have «the willingness to end this war», otherwise «things will go very badly», according to AFP.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, for his part, welcomed the resumption of US intelligence-sharing and called for his country to take part in any negotiations about its future. He was speaking in Oslo after talks with Steve Witkoff, the US presidential envoy, Jared Kushner, an adviser to Donald Trump, and the Norwegian and Finnish leaders, according to AFP.
The statement comes a day after Donald Trump accused Volodymyr Zelensky of being an obstacle to ending the war on 19 October. It also follows pressure from the US president since he said on 20 October that Ukraine should want to end the war, after saying on 16 October that he would rather negotiate with Vladimir Putin than with the Ukrainian president Donald Trump prefers to negotiate with Vladimir Putin.
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