‘Maybe Putin doesn’t want to stop war in Ukraine,’ says Trump

At the same time, on Saturday, Moscow reported that Putin told Trump’s emissary Steve Witkoff at a meeting held on Friday that he is willing to negotiate the end of the conflict in Ukraine “without any previous condition.”

Meeting in Rome

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky talked in the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome, on the sidelines of the Pope’s funeral, a meeting considered positive by both parties, while Washington increases the pressure for a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, which in turn claimed the total reconquest of the Kursk region, informed by Kiev.

Included toward each other, with faces separated by just a few centimeters, according to photos released by the Ukrainian presidency, the two leaders, sitting in red armchairs, talked for about fifteen minutes inside the basilica, during the world -scale event that were the pontiff’s fifth.

“Good meeting. We talked a lot of face to face. I hope we get results about all the points discussed,” said the Ukrainian President on social networks, reaffirming his desire for “a total and unconditional ceasefire.” “A very symbolic encounter that can become historical if we get common results.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in turn, told Donald Trump’s emissary on Friday Steve Witkoff during a meeting between them, which is ready to negotiate the end of the conflict in Ukraine “without any prior condition,” said Kremlin spokesman on Saturday.