US President Donald Trump has said that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are desperate to end the war in Ukraine.
He said a resolution to end the war is “getting closer than people realise” and that he will talk about Ukraine in the coming days, especially at the upcoming NATO summit. Trump’s remarks came after he had spoken to Putin and Zelenskyy.
While he gave no specific reason for his latest assertion on the conflict, the Russian side continued its attacks on the Ukrainian capital, killing dozens in fresh strikes.
Zelenskyy said that Ukraine’s efforts in the war had somewhat changed his position on how he is viewing the conflict now compared to months before.
The Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said he believed the US position on resolving the conflict remains unchanged.
"This is one that I think we're getting much closer than people realise. And President Putin wants it to end. I will tell you that very strongly," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump said he had held a "good call" with Putin on the Fourth of July holiday, a conversation a Kremlin aide said lasted 85 minutes and was marked by the US president offering to help find a way to move towards peace.
"And President Zelenskyy actually wants it to end now. And we're going to be going to NATO, and we're going to be talking about it, and I think we're going to get it," he said. "I think we're going to get it ended. It's been a terrible situation."
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