US President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview to the New York Post that the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is ready for peace, Trump told the New York Post about this, referring to the meeting that took place within the framework of the opening ceremony of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. "He wants to establish peace. This is something new. He wants a ceasefire. He wants peace. We haven't discussed the details.
He thinks the time has come, and (President of the Russian Federation) Putin should also think it's time, because when you lose 700,000 people, then it's time. This will not end until there is peace," Trump told the New York Post by phone.
"I am formulating a concept on how to end this ridiculous war," Trump added. During his election campaign, Trump repeatedly announced that he would end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict within 24 hours after coming to power.
In turn, the "RIA Novosti" agency reminds that earlier Trump announced that Volodymyr Zelensky "would like to make a deal" and called for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations. Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, said that Russia was aware of Trump's statement and noted that Ukraine continues to refuse dialogue.
According to Peskov, Zelensky should cancel the decree prohibiting the negotiations and give an instruction to resume the dialogue "on the basis of the Istanbul agreements, taking into account the realities emerging on the ground."
