A few hours after completing the US president’s meeting Donald Trump, with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodimir Zelenski And European leaders, he interviewed Fox News.
Donald Trump referred, among other things, the prospects of a tripartite meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski and expressed hope that the two leaders would show flexibility in the negotiations.
The US president revealed that he contacted Vladimir Putin the day before and after contacts at the White House. “I hope his behavior will be good … if not, then we will have a difficult situation.”
Regarding Volodimir Zelenski, Donald Trump noted that “I hope he does what he has to do” and stressed that he should be flexible in terms of negotiations.
“I’m just trying to stop people from being killed.”
President Trump assures the nation that no American boots will be on the ground in Ukraine, and why he’s pushing for a deal to be reached sooner rather than later to avoid thousands more perishing in the war. | @foxandfriends pic.twitter.com/SzOPAVmGnJ
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As Donald Trump said, the two leaders are not going to become the “best friends”, but they are the ones who “have to make decisions”.
As for the question of whether the US will send troops to Ukraine, the US president replied that this would not happen and assured the listeners.
It is recalled that on Tuesday afternoon, the Extraordinary 27 -European Union conference conference on Ukraine was convened.