Trump commented on reporters the day after he was frustrated by reporters with Russia and told him to “move” when he reached an agreement.
Trump added: “I think Ukraine-Russia may be fine, you’ll find out soon.”
“To some extent, you just have to lift or shut up and we’ll see what happens, but I think that’s not bad.”
On Friday, Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the search for a peace deal.
The negotiations come at a time when the U.S.-Russian dialogue aims to agree to a ceasefire before a possible end to a peace agreement, the war seems to have stalled, surrounding differences around the situation of hostilities. Trump showed signs of losing patience and said that if Moscow thinks Moscow is dragging on the deal, he imposed secondary sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil. Earlier on Saturday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov praised Trump for his understanding of the Ukrainian conflict as better than any other Western leader.
“When we talk about eliminating the root causes of any conflict, including the Ukrainian conflict, it is the only way to resolve the problem and build lasting peace,” Lavrov said at the Antalya Diplomatic Forum in southern Turkey. Eliminating the root causes.”
“I think President Trump is the first, and so far, almost the only repeated belief among Western leaders, that pulling Ukraine into NATO a huge mistake a few times. This is one of the root causes we have cited a lot.”
Putin introduced the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and has long put Ukraine’s inclination into the West, including its desire to join NATO as a threat to Russia.
When Lavrov commented on a deal between Ukraine and Russia to strike on each other’s energy facilities, Moscow made a promise almost every day and accused Kief of striking Russia’s energy infrastructure almost every day.
“I handed over the Turkish colleagues to (foreign) minister (Hahan) Feida, what we have given to Americans, the United Nations, the OSCE – making a list of facts about Ukraine’s attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure over the past three weeks.”
Ukraine has filed similar charges against Russia since the U.S.-backed moratorium.
