Mr Trump urged the warring sides to 'stop the madness', saying 'negotiations should begin' as he admitted he was actively working to end the near three-year-old conflict.
Donald Trump has urged Vladimir Putin to reach an immediate settlement to end the war in Ukraine, saying it was the Russian president's 'time to act'. The US president-elect wrote on social media on Sunday that 'Zelenskyy and Ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness'. He called for 'an immediate ceasefire' and said, 'negotiations should begin'. Referring to his closeness to Mr Putin, he added: 'I know Vladimir well. This is his time to act.
It's his clearest effort so far to resolve one of the world's major crises before taking office on 20 January and contrasts with the Biden administration, which has made a point of not being seen to press Kyiv for an immediate truce. Mr Trump's latest intervention comes the day after he held talks with both the Ukraine president and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
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