US President-elect Donald Trump delivers a speech at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 16, 2024.
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President-elect Donald Trump The Russian president said Sunday Vladimir Putin He expressed interest in holding a meeting on the war with Ukraine.
Trump said during his remarks at the American Turn Point Festival conference: “President Putin said he wants to meet with me as soon as possible.” “So we have to wait for this, but we have to end that war. That war is terrible, terrible,” he added.
Trump, who is scheduled to return to the White House in January, had said earlier during his campaign that if elected, he could end the war “within 24 hours.” President-elect Recently criticized Policy change by the president Joe Biden Which allowed Ukraine to use weapons supplied by the United States to strike Russian territory.
The president-elect also recently said Ukraine They are “likely” to receive less military aid Once he took office. Ukraine relies heavily on its international partners for military, financial and humanitarian aid that enables it to continue functioning as a state and fight Russia after nearly three years of war.
“The number of soldiers killed…” “It's a flat plane, and the bullets are flying, and there are powerful bullets, powerful guns, and the only thing that's going to stop them is the human body,” Trump said on Sunday.
Earlier this month, Trump met with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky In Paris, accompanied by the French President Emmanuel Macron before Reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral. After the meeting, Trump called for an “immediate ceasefire.”
—NBC News contributed reporting.
