Trump calls on Putin to make a deal, end its war against Ukraine or face more economic pressure

President Donald Trump called for an extremity to the Russia-Ukraine warfare arsenic portion of his archetypal sit-down interrogation since returning to the White House, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin should ne'er person launched his full-scale penetration successful 2022. 

Trump told Fox News big Sean Hannity an estimated 850,000 Russian soldiers and 700,000 Ukrainian soldiers person died since the onset of the war.

"These are quality beings that are conscionable being slaughtered connected this battlefield by the millions. They've already died, and the cities — the cities are similar demolition sites," helium said successful an interrogation that aired Thursday connected "Hannity."

An interior presumption shows a kindergarten, which according to Ukraine's subject officials was damaged by shelling, successful Stanytsia Luhanska successful the Luhansk region, Ukraine, successful this handout representation released Feb. 17, 2022. Press Service of the Joint Forces Operation/Handout via REUTERS (Press Service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS)

The 47th president criticized erstwhile President Joe Biden for "allowing" the warfare to start, claiming his predecessor’s vigor policies made Putin richer.

"Putin shouldn't person done it, too. I mean, I'm not blaming lone what — Putin shouldn't person done it. He shouldn't person done it, and it has to stop," Trump said.

He threatened the autocratic leader in a Truth Social post connected Wednesday, calling connected him to marque a woody oregon look much economical pressure.

"Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. If we don’t marque a ‘deal,’ and soon, I person nary different prime but to enactment precocious levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions connected thing being sold by Russia to the United States, and assorted different participating countries," Trump wrote.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a gathering with members of the authorities via a video league astatine the Kremlin successful Moscow connected July 19, 2023. ((Photo by ALEXANDER KAZAKOV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images))

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He told reporters astatine the White House connected Thursday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has already told him he’s acceptable to negociate an extremity to the war.

"He's had enough," Trump told Hannity. "He shouldn't person allowed this to hap either. You know, if he's nary angel, helium shouldn't person allowed this warfare to happen. First of all, he's warring a overmuch bigger entity, OK? Much bigger."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 2nd left, looks astatine a representation during his sojourn to the Ukrainian 110th mechanised brigade successful Avdiivka, the tract of fierce battles with the Russian troops successful the Donetsk region, Ukraine, connected Dec. 29, 2023 (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

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"Zelenskyy was warring a overmuch bigger entity — overmuch bigger, overmuch much powerful. He shouldn't person done that due to the fact that we could person made a woody and it would person been a woody that would person been — it would person been a thing deal," Trump said. "I could person made that woody truthful easily, and Zelenskyy decided that 'I privation a fight.'"

Reuters reported successful November that Putin is unfastened to discussing a bid plan. He reportedly could hold to frost the struggle on the existent lines.

Five existent and erstwhile Russian officials told the outlet Moscow would not tolerate Ukraine joining NATO, nor would it let the beingness of NATO troops connected Ukrainian soil.

A nationalist country successful Kyiv has been turned into a tribute of Ukrainian flags - each representing a decease from the war. (Simon Owen/Fox News)

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Trump’s peculiar envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Ret. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, told "America Reports" earlier this month that he’d similar to spot the warfare travel to an extremity wrong 100 days of Trump taking office.