{"id":26119,"date":"2025-05-16T13:13:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-says-hell-meet-with-putin-on-ukraine-war-as-soon-as-we-can-amid-low-hopes-for-ukraine-russia-talks\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T13:13:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:13:44","slug":"trump-says-hell-meet-with-putin-on-ukraine-war-as-soon-as-we-can-amid-low-hopes-for-ukraine-russia-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-says-hell-meet-with-putin-on-ukraine-war-as-soon-as-we-can-amid-low-hopes-for-ukraine-russia-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he&#8217;ll meet with Putin on Ukraine war &#8220;as soon as we can,&#8221; amid low hopes for Ukraine-Russia talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 President Trump said Friday that he&#8217;s moving to set up direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as he can, after <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-russia-putin-zelenskyy-trump-turkey-talks-ceasefire\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Putin opted to skip<\/a><\/span> peace talks between <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/ukraine-in-turmoil\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Russia and Ukraine<\/a><\/span> in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I think it&#8217;s time for us to just do it,&#8221; Mr. Trump told reporters as he wrapped a four-day visit to the Middle East. Later, he told reporters on Air Force One, setting off on the journey back to Washington, that he might call Putin soon.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;He and I will meet, and I think we&#8217;ll solve it or maybe not,&#8221; Mr. Trump said. &#8220;At least we&#8217;ll know. And if we don&#8217;t solve it, it&#8217;ll be very interesting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/16\/17df6eef-a4e4-40f2-b134-593ee02bf31c\/thumbnail\/620x481\/c5eaecf0058dd8427e963a07624342cd\/trump-uae-2214740554.jpg?v=6df9366690ed146f169dd0670c453f91#\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump in Abu Dhabi \" height=\"481\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/16\/17df6eef-a4e4-40f2-b134-593ee02bf31c\/thumbnail\/620x481\/c5eaecf0058dd8427e963a07624342cd\/trump-uae-2214740554.jpg?v=6df9366690ed146f169dd0670c453f91 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/16\/17df6eef-a4e4-40f2-b134-593ee02bf31c\/thumbnail\/1240x962\/a6f0ae4e7eaef4074d91673f1ad0358a\/trump-uae-2214740554.jpg?v=6df9366690ed146f169dd0670c453f91 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">President Trump attends the U.S.-UAE Business Council in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 16, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Waleed Zein\/Anadolu\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The president reiterated that he wasn&#8217;t surprised by Putin&#8217;s decision to skip the talks taking place Friday in Turkey. Putin didn&#8217;t want to go because he&#8217;s not there, Mr. Trump said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meetings between Ukrainian and Russian delegations did get underway in Istanbul Friday, but there was little expectation of any breakthrough as Putin sent a lower-level delegation, drawing accusations from Ukraine and its European partners that Moscow wasn&#8217;t really interested in a negotiated resolution to the war.<\/p>\n<p> Mr. Trump said he would hold a meeting with Putin, &#8220;as soon as we can set it up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I would actually leave here and go,&#8221; he said, noting that his daughter Tiffany just gave birth to her first child. &#8220;I do want to see my beautiful grandson.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Ukrainian President Volodymyr <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-russia-war-zelenskyy-putin-meet-turkey-attack-drones-ceasefire\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Zelenskyy agreed to take part in the talks<\/a><\/span> as Mr. Trump pressed for the leaders to find a solution to the war, ongoing since Russia&#8217;s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But Putin spurned the call to meet face-to-face with Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n<p> Mr. Trump has pressed both sides to quickly come to an agreement to end the war. Zelenskyy has agreed to an American plan for an initial 30-day halt to hostilities, but Russia has not signed on and has continued to strike at targets inside Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/16\/5ce126e1-85fb-4ab6-b848-3d9d99387d29\/thumbnail\/620x413\/ad0413f5ed68f6a32a93e5c5ccab2297\/ukraine-russia-strike-2215253094.jpg?v=6df9366690ed146f169dd0670c453f91#\" alt=\"Russian Drones Hit Civilian Enterprises Near Sumy \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/16\/5ce126e1-85fb-4ab6-b848-3d9d99387d29\/thumbnail\/620x413\/ad0413f5ed68f6a32a93e5c5ccab2297\/ukraine-russia-strike-2215253094.jpg?v=6df9366690ed146f169dd0670c453f91 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/16\/5ce126e1-85fb-4ab6-b848-3d9d99387d29\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/aa33c3e5a1071e671c44225a33b1c302\/ukraine-russia-strike-2215253094.jpg?v=6df9366690ed146f169dd0670c453f91 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Firefighters extinguish a fire at a plastic tableware business damaged by a Russian drone attack, May 15, 2025, in Velyka Chernechchyna, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Oleksandr Oleksiienko\/Kordon.Media\/Global Images Ukraine\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;He didn&#8217;t go, and I understand that,&#8221; Mr. Trump said Friday of Putin&#8217;s decision to skip the talks in Istanbul. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to get it done. 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Five thousand young people are being killed every single week on average, and we&#8217;re going to get it done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> The U.S. president told reporters on Thursday that a meeting between himself and Putin was crucial to breaking the deadlock.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I don&#8217;t believe anything&#8217;s going to happen, whether you like it or not, until he and I get together,&#8221; Mr. Trump said. &#8220;But we&#8217;re going to have to get it solved because too many people are dying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters in Moscow on Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said any meeting between Putin and Mr. Trump would have to be &#8220;well prepared&#8221; for, but he said such an encounter was indeed necessary in Russia&#8217;s view, as &#8220;a serious conversation on international issues is needed, including the Ukrainian crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Should the talks in Istanbul fail to make any progress, Zelenskyy said Friday that there should be a &#8220;strong 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