"We'll hear from them this week, very soon actually, and we'll see. But we want it to stop. We want deaths and murders to stop," Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office (quoted by CNN).
The head of the White House said that he is not a "big fan" of his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky. He added that he did not consider him a "responsible" leader and once again accused Mr. Zelensky of starting hostilities in Ukraine.
On April 11, Special envoy of the President of the United States Steve Witkoff held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. Following the meeting, Mr. Witkoff called the issue of territories a key one for the Russian side. kommersant.ru.
The head of the press service of the American president, Caroline Levitt, said that Donald Trump and Steve Witkoff are confident that Russia wants to end the crisis in Ukraine. She added that economic cooperation between the United States and Russia is possible, but before that it is necessary to cease fire.
