Rome, Apr 28 (LaPresse) – US President Donald Trump believes his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky is willing to cede Crimea to Russia as part of a peace deal, despite previous refusals by Kiev to propose such a solution. Asked if he thought the Ukrainian president was ready to cede control of the southern peninsula, which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014, Trump replied: ‘I think so’. The US president also urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to ‘stop the firing, sit down and sign an agreement’ to end the fighting, suggesting that this could be achieved within two weeks.Trump He made these statements to reporters after returning from the Vatican, where he had a brief meeting with Zelensky before the funeral of Pope Francis.
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