Donald Trump was asked on Monday by an Australian writer why having the world's strongest military would not aid Ukraine win the war. I don't know what she's talking about. It's a small more complicated,” said the leader.
— We're trying to make a deal. If it works, that's great. If it fails, many people will pay a advanced price,” said the president of the United States.
When asked about the gap between its earlier claims of Russia's weakness and the possible recovery by Ukraine of occupied territories and recent calls to abandon these effortsDonald Trump stated that "he never said Ukraine would win this war, but it is possible."
— Anything can happen. You know, war is simply a very unusual thing. quite a few bad things are happening. Many good things are happening, he noted.
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The American president besides replied in the affirmative to the question whether he had appealed to him in an interview with the Russian leader to halt bombing civilian objects in Ukraine. Immediately thereafter, however, he added that soldiers were most likely killed by war victims and repeated that they were killed from 5 to 7,000 each week.
— It's a bloodbath. Worst since planet War II in terms of numbers. And you know, it doesn't concern us in any way. We don't pay for it due to the fact that now they pay us for the weapons they get. NATO pays for this, says Trump. “It’s most likely a affirmative thing that they pay us, but I’m not interested,” he added.
On Monday a telephone conversation before the planned summit of US and Russian leaders was held by the diplomatic heads of both states, Marco Rubio and Sergei Lavrow. The Russian Ministry of abroad Affairs characterized the conversation as constructive, and the U.S. Department of State noted that Rubio "stressed the importance of upcoming meetings as an chance for Moscow and Washington to work out a lasting solution to the Russian-Ukrainian War, according to president Donald Trump's vision".
Marco Rubio and Sergei Lavrow are expected to meet face to face again this week, most likely on Thursday. The date of the gathering between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Budapest has not yet been set, but Trump reported that it would happen within 2 weeks.
