Russian President Vladimir Putin said that U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace proposals could help end the five-year war in Ukraine if Kyiv were ready to compromise, while continuing to talk tough over his army’s advances.
Putin made his comments to journalists in St. Petersburg on Thursday, on the sidelines of Russia’s annual showcase economic forum, sometimes dubbed the “Russian Davos.”
Putin said he emphasized to Trump last year that he was ready to end the war through diplomacy and by honoring unspecified compromises.
‘A Natural Conclusion’
“We are certainly prepared and willing to reach an agreement with Ukraine through peaceful means. Specifically, on the basis we discussed during our meeting with President Trump in Anchorage,” he said, referring to a summit between the United States and Russia in Alaska in August 2025….