Trump: I'm surprised Zelenskyy doesn't want to make deal

US President Donald Trump has said he is surprised that his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy supposedly does not want to reach a peace deal, while Russian ruler Vladimir Putin is ready for one.

Source: Trump in a phone interview with NBC News

Quote: "I'm surprised that Zelenskyy doesn't want to make a deal. Tell Zelenskyy to make a deal because Putin's willing to make a deal. Zelenskyy is far more difficult to make a deal with."

Background:

• On 10 March, Zelenskyy said that trilateral negotiations between Ukraine, Russia and the United States had been postponed until next week at the initiative of the American side.
• Earlier, Trump again criticised Ukraine over the lack of progress in negotiations on ending Russia's war against Ukraine and said that the Ukrainian president now has "even less cards".

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