Ukraine and Russia must come to negotiating table, says Trump
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Ukraine and Russia will soon sit down at the negotiating table. They have many reasons to do so, said US President Donald Trump during a meeting with Finnish President Alexander Stubb.
When asked whether he plans to increase pressure to achieve a peace deal for Ukraine, Trump replied that he is already doing so together with NATO.
"We are stepping up the pressure. We are all stepping it up. NATO has been great... We are selling a lot of weapons to NATO, and that's going, I guess, to Ukraine for the most part. That's up to them. But they are buying weapons from the US. We make the greatest weapons in the world," Trump said.
Trump emphasized that Ukraine and Russia will soon sit down at the negotiating table.
"It's a horrible war. The worst since World War II... I think we'll do that too. We have a lot of reasons for them to do it, and I think they'll be coming to the table pretty soon," the US President said.
The American leader also reiterated that he may impose additional sanctions against Russia.
Trump's peace initiatives
Since the start of his second presidential term, US President Donald Trump has been working to end Russia's war against Ukraine.
He has held several conversations with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and in August, the two Presidents even met in Alaska.
Putin rejected Trump's proposals for a full ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, and after the meeting, he intensified strikes on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure.
Against this backdrop, the American leader admitted that Putin had let him down, saying their good relationship meant nothing.
In September, Trump stated that Russia's war against Ukraine would end and that everything would be done the right way. He added that good news could come soon.
According to him, relations between Putin and Zelenskyy are terrible, but a solution to end the war will be found.
