Trump again rejects need for urgent Ukraine ceasefire in talks with Zelensky

Washington: US President Donald Trump repeated on Monday his view that a ceasefire was not necessary to end the Russia Ukraine war, echoing earlier co...

Washington: US President Donald Trump repeated on Monday his view that a ceasefire was not necessary to end the Russia-Ukraine war, echoing earlier comments that brought his position more in line with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who he met last week. "I don't think you need a ceasefire," Trump said, sitting alongside Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House. "I know that it might be good to have, but I can also understand strategically why one country or the other wouldn't want it. You have a ceasefire and they rebuild and rebuild and rebuild and you know maybe they don't want that."

Trump says to call Putin after talks with Zelensky, Europeans

Trump said he will speak by telephone with Putin, three days after they met and following White House talks with the leaders of Ukraine and European allies. "I just spoke to President Putin indirectly and we're going to have a phone call right after these meetings today," Trump told reporters as he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office. The Republican said "we may or may not have a trilat" with him, Zelensky and Putin.