{"id":135213,"date":"2025-04-26T23:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T23:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-doubts-putin-is-willing-to-end-the-ukraine-war-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T23:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T23:26:10","slug":"trump-doubts-putin-is-willing-to-end-the-ukraine-war-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-doubts-putin-is-willing-to-end-the-ukraine-war-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Donald Trump on Saturday questioned Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s commitment to ending the war in Ukraine after Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of Pope Francis\u2019 funeral in Rome.
\u201cThere was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days,\u201d the U.S. president wrote in a post on Truth Social, referencing the Russian military strikes<\/a> in Ukraine this week that killed and wounded dozens of people.
\u201cIt makes me think that maybe he doesn\u2019t want to stop the war, he\u2019s just tapping me along,\u201d Trump added, suggesting that maybe Putin \u201chas to be dealt with differently, through \u2018Banking\u2019 or \u2018Secondary Sanctions?\u2019\u201d
Imposing further sanctions on Russia is an idea that has bipartisan support in the U.S., with a bipartisan group of 50 senators \u2014 25 Democrats and 25 Republicans \u2014 earlier this month introducing a bill<\/a> that would impose additional sanctions on Russia.
Trump has for weeks been advocating in favor of a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, and on Friday he hinted<\/a> that a deal could be close to the finish line, <\/strong>urging Russia and Ukraine to meet for \u201cvery high level<\/a>\u201d talks. Earlier in the week, Trump had slammed Zelesnkyy<\/a> for rejecting the terms of any peace deal that would allow Russia to retain control of Crimea<\/a>, which it annexed against Ukraine\u2019s will in 2014.
In a post on X<\/a> after meeting with Trump in Rome, Zelenskyy thanked the American president and called the meeting \u201cgood\u201d and \u201csymbolic.\u201d
The Ukrainian president added that he is \u201choping for results on everything we covered,\u201d which included: \u201cProtecting lives of our people. Full and unconditional ceasefire. Reliable and lasting peace that will prevent another war from breaking out.\u201d
Zelenskyy added that the exchange with Trump has the \u201cpotential to become historic, if we achieve joint results.\u201d
In his Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump blamed his predecessors, Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, for allowing Russia to annex Crimea.
\u201cIt was Obama who made it possible for Russia to steal Crimea from Ukraine without even a shot being fired,\u201d Trump wrote, adding later in the post: \u201cI\u2019m just trying to clean up the mess that was left to me by Obama and Biden, and what a mess it is.\u201d
Trump and Zelenskyy\u2019s meeting in Rome was their first face-to-face interaction since the Ukrainian president\u2019s visit to the White House<\/a> in February. During that visit, <\/strong>an Oval Office meeting devolved into a shouting match between Trump, Zelenskyy and Vice President JD Vance, with Trump and Vance telling Zelenskyy he wasn\u2019t grateful enough for the United States\u2019 continued support in the war.
While in Rome, Zelenskyy also met with European leaders, including U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, who wrote in French on X that he had a \u201cvery positive exchange today\u201d with Zelenskyy.
\u201cEnding the war in Ukraine is the goal we share with President Trump. Ukraine is ready for an unconditional ceasefire. President Zelensky reiterated this to me today. He wants to work alongside the Americans and Europeans to implement it. Now it\u2019s up to President Putin to prove that he really wants peace,\u201d Macron added.
Zelenskyy said his discussion with Starmer focused on \u201cthe steps necessary to establish a full, unconditional ceasefire and to develop further security guarantees.\u201d
Alexandra Marquez is a politics reporter for NBC News.
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