Russia, Ukraine Battle: Zelenskyy perhaps prepared to surrender Crimea – Trump

President Donald Trump has claimed his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready to surrender Crimea as a part of the ceasefire deal to finish his nation’s three-year-long struggle with Russia.

When requested if he thought Zelenskyy was able to cede the peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014, Trump replied, “I believe so.”

If Zelenskyy have been to agree, it might mark a significant shift in Ukraine’s stance on giving up land for peace.

In what appears to be like to be a doubtlessly pivotal week for efforts to carry a minimum of a pause to combating in Ukraine, upbeat feedback from the Trump administration and Zelenskyy over the weekend have been added to by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Monday, who mentioned that the Kremlin was prepared to start peace negotiations with Washington and Kyiv.

Trump met with Zelenskyy on the Vatican Metropolis on the sidelines of Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday.

Chatting with journalists, Sunday as he boarded Air Drive One in New Jersey, the president mentioned he believes a ceasefire deal could possibly be on the horizon as he urged Putin to “cease capturing, sit down and signal a deal.”