President Trump said Sunday that he was negotiating peace in Russia’s war with Ukraine and did not want to take steps that could move Russia away from talks, as he defended plans to ease sanctions, according to The New York Times.
In a social media post, Trump wrote: “I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and don’t want to do anything that will drive, foolishly, Russia away from the bargaining table.” PBS NewsHour reported Monday that Trump’s dispute with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had intensified and that the United States had limited a technology Ukraine relies on. The Hill reported that Zelenskyy was publicly pressing Trump, alongside allies in Congress, over concessions to Russia.