Trump says Putin claims he "wants to see Ukraine succeed"
US President Donald Trump has said that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has claimed he "wants to see Ukraine succeed" and would help with its reconstruction.
Source: Trump at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Trump was asked whether, during his conversation with the Kremlin leader, they had discussed Russia's responsibility for any reconstruction of Ukraine after a potential peace deal.
Quote: "They're going to be helping. Russia's going to be helping. Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed, once... It sounds a little strange, but I was explaining to the president."
Details: Trump added that "Putin was very generous in his feeling towards Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices".
"So, a lot of good things came out of that call today," he noted.
Background:
- On 28 December, Zelenskyy and Trump met in Florida. Afterwards, the two presidents held a video conference with European leaders.
- Trump said on Sunday that he had had a "good and very productive" conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin ahead of his meeting with Zelenskyy.
- Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov claimed that during this conversation, Putin and Trump had agreed that a temporary ceasefire "under the pretext of a referendum" would only drag out the conflict.
- Trump said that Putin had not agreed to a ceasefire during a possible referendum in Ukraine on the proposed "peace plan".
- Zelenskyy said the American and Ukrainian teams will continue working on the "peace plan" in the near future.
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