The US president added that he had thought the Ukraine conflict "would have been on the easier side"

Yury Ushakov said that there are no concrete proposals to raise the level of representatives at the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations yet

Zelenskyy seeks Putin meeting for peace deal, Trump supports; Putin open to talks if well-prepared, with tangible results.

President Trump to have answer soon on Putin-Zelenskyy talks, confident in ending Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The US president added that he had thought the Ukraine conflict "would have been on the easier side"

"I think we're going to get it all straightened out," the president said.

US special presidential envoy for peace missions Steven Witkoff stressed that the US leader remained committed to exploring all avenues to broker peace in Ukraine