The Kremlin has appeared to reject Donald Trump’s claim that Vladimir Putin is open to European peacekeeping troops in Ukraine, underscoring Moscow’s reluctance to align with Trump’s efforts to quickly end the war despite a thaw in relations.
Pushing to deliver on a central campaign pledge, Trump asserted on Monday that the Ukraine war “could end within weeks” and claimed that he and Putin supported the presence of European troops on the ground.
“Yeah, he will accept that,” Trump said, speaking to reporters during a meeting at the White House with the French president, Emmanuel Macron.
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But at a press conference on Tuesday, Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, referred to an earlier statement that such a move would be unacceptable to Moscow.
Someone should tell Trump that putin just called him a liar.