A woman carries her cat out of a damaged building following a missile strike in Kyiv on Monday. EFREM LUKATSKY/AP
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW/KYIV — US President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that the Russia-Ukraine conflict, now in its fifth year, is nearing a conclusion.
"He (Russian President Vladimir Putin) wants to end it, and Ukraine wants to end it. We're in talks, and we'll see if we can get it ended," Trump told reporters. "I think we are getting much closer than people realize."
Trump said his administration has been in contact with both Russia and Ukraine in attempts to end their conflict, which is also on the agenda of the NATO summit.
Trump made his remarks after speaking over the weekend with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky. He gave no specific reason for his assertion that a solution to the conflict was in sight.
