Putin sticks to hardline stance on war in Ukraine, but says Trump ideas could bring peace

Russian President said that Kyiv would have to compromise, ‌however, and said that while he understood that Trump was busy with the Iran war for now that perhaps the European Union could use its influence to talk Kyiv around.

President Vladimir Putin stuck to his hardline stance on the war in Ukraine on Thursday and said his troops were advancing on the battlefield every day, but he also said that US ​President Donald Trump’s proposals for peace could end the fighting if Kyiv was ready to compromise.