US talks with Putin about Ukraine 'very good and productive', Trump says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Trump added.
53% : The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing an intelligence report circulated among Trump administration policymakers on 6 March, which stated that Putin remains determined to maintain control over Kyiv.
49% : In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump added that there was a "very good chance" the war between Russia and Ukraine could "finally come to an end".
42% : Earlier on Friday, the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Putin had sent Trump a message via Witkoff about his proposal for a ceasefire, adding that it saw grounds for "cautious optimism" that a deal could be reached.
41% : Peskov said the "timing of a conversation" between Trump and Putin had yet to be determined. US intelligence services have reportedly assessed that Putin remains committed to achieving "his maximalist goal of dominating Ukraine".
38% : Trump appeared to repeat claims made by Putin a day earlier that Russian forces had encircled a large number of Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region, where Moscow is on the verge of expelling the Ukrainian army from the land it captured last year.
37% : "Reports of the alleged 'encirclement' of Ukrainian units by the enemy in the Kursk region are false and fabricated by the Russians for political manipulation and to exert pressure on Ukraine and its partners," Ukraine's general staff wrote in a statement published on its media channels.
30% : " Ukrainian security sources, independent military analysts, and even pro-Russian Telegram channels have disputed the encirclement claims by Putin and Trump.
20% : Trump wrote that there "were thousands of Ukrainian troops completely surrounded by the Russian military, and in a very bad and vulnerable position".

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