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I made a statement on this matter yesterday, and I can't tell you anything else. I can neither confirm nor deny it."
In a subsequent press briefing, Peskov then said This is slightly strange since Putin is highly likely to be desperate for a one-to-one meeting with Trump to see if he can get a deal over [Ukraine] that he can call victory."
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Carl Bildt, the co-chair of European Council on Foreign Relations, wrote We are ready for dialogue, which has been said repeatedly, including being ready to discuss a settlement in Ukraine, but only on an equal, mutually acceptable basis."
Discussing negotiations between Russia and the U.S., All those dead people. Young, young, beautiful people. They're like your kids, 2 million of them—and for no reason."
The American president added If we are talking about a deal, then let's do a deal, we are only for it.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy made overtures towards working towards such a deal in comments to Reuters on Friday There is nothing else I can say
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, speaking to reporters in Moscow, today repeated a statement from Sunday on whether or not there had been a Putin-Trump phone call If we are talking, I don’t want to tell you about the conversations,
I’ve had it. Let’s just say I’ve had it … And I expect to have many more conversations.”
However, when asked if he had had a conversation with Putin, Trump said I do believe we’re making progress. We want to stop the Ukraine-Russia war,
