Trump to discuss ending Ukraine war with Putin, including ‘dividing up assets’
US president says he will talk to Russia’s leader on Tuesday as he pushes for an end to the Ukraine war
US President Donald Trump said he planned to speak to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday about ending the war in Ukraine, adding discussions were already ongoing about “dividing up certain assets” between the warring parties.
US officials had expressed optimism Sunday that a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire deal could be reached in weeks after Washington proposed a halt in fighting in the three-year war following talks in Saudi Arabia, which Kyiv accepted.
“I think we’ll be talking about land … we’ll be talking about power plants,” Trump said aboard Air Force One.
“I think we have a lot of it already discussed very much by both sides, Ukraine and Russia. We’re already talking about that, dividing up certain assets.”
Washington and Kyiv’s European allies were pressing Moscow to accept a halt in the fighting, but Putin has given no clear answer – instead listing a string of conditions and raising “serious questions” over the proposal.