Zelensky dampens hopes Trump could strike peace deal with Putin

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Putin, 72, earlier said he was ready to engage with Trump but still insisted on an outcome favouring Russia.
42% : Trump said Zelensky was ready for a deal to halt the debilitating conflict, and the 78-year-old US leader said he planned to meet Putin with whom he had a 'great relationship' during his first term.
40% : For us, they will always remain occupied territories until we liberate them.' Trump, who took office for a second term on Monday and was last in power before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has repeatedly said he could end the war swiftly, without specifying how.
35% : Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted that Ukraine will never recognise occupied Ukrainian territories as being part of Russia Donald Trump, who took office for a second term on Monday, has said he could end the war swiftly, without specifying how A Russian soldier fires a self-propelled gun "Malka" toward Ukrainian positions in an undisclosed location in Ukraine 'It's therefore important to understand with what and whom we will have to deal, how best to build relations with Washington, how best to maximise opportunities and minimise risks,' he said, speaking at the Institute for US and Canadian Studies, a think-tank in Moscow.
35% : Trump warned on Tuesday that he would likely impose more sanctions on Russia if President Vladimir Putin refused to negotiate to end the nearly three-year-old conflict After months of Ukraine occupying parts of Russia's Kursk region as it aims to improve its position in the event of talks, Zelensky stated that any dialogue could only go ahead with Kyiv in a position of strength.
26% : I think he is destroying Russia by not making a deal,' Trump said in a stark warning to the dictator.
24% : Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted that Ukraine will never recognise occupied Ukrainian territories as being part of Russia, even if pressured to do so by allies, dampening hopes that Donald Trump may be able to strike a peace deal.
21% : Trump warned on Tuesday that he would likely impose more sanctions on Russia if President Vladimir Putin refused to negotiate to end the nearly three-year-old conflict.

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