US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Ukraine and Russia are “very close to the agreement” to end the bloody three -year war and called for a “very high level” meeting. This is reported by TASR based on AP report.
Shortly after arriving in Rome at the funeral of Pope Francis on his social network Truth Social wrote that it was “Hello in terms of interviews and meetings with Russia and Ukraine”. His special envoy Steve Witkoff visited Moscow on Friday to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“They are very close to the agreement and both sides should now meet at a very high level to make it to the end,” said the US President.
“Most of the main points are agreed. Stop the bloodshed immediately. We will be wherever this will be necessary to help end this cruel and nonsensical war! ”, Trump wrote.
Trump’s statement followed after a published interview for TIME magazine said that “Crimea will stay with Russia”, which is the latest example of how it is putting pressure on Ukraine to make concessions and end the war while the country is still besiegedwrites ap. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greenable on Friday confirmed his position on the Crimea Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014. “Our attitude has not changed: Only the Ukrainian people have the right to decide which territory belongs to Ukraine.“He said Greeding.
The progress on the end of the war, within months of Trump’s return to the White House, seemed unreachable and his previous immediate breakthrough claims were not fulfilled, notes AP. Russia continued to bomb Ukraine on Friday and killed three people with a drone attack on the apartment building in the southeast of the country.
Trump also demanded on Friday on social networks, In order for the Ukrainian president to sign a long postponed agreement that would provide the United States with access to the mineral resources of his country.
