Trump issues 5-word response when asked about peace deal deadline

isn't pleased it's taking "long" for Ukraine and Russia to reach a peace deal. Speaking in the White House cabinet room on Thursday, the US President said, when asked about a deadline for his agreement aimed at bringing the conflict, started by Moscow, to an end: "I have my own deadline".

He added: "I'm saying we can save thousands of people, and I don't like that it takes long at all. But I think they both want to make peace. I do believe so, there's a lot of hatred there, there's a lot of very bad blood." Only a few hours prior, Mr Trump and the attacks on Ukraine. Yesterday, Mr Trump accused Mr Zelensky of "inflammatory statements", after the Ukrainian leader said . The 78-year-old US leader also claimed that Zelensky's latest intervention will do "nothing but prolong the 'killing field'" in Ukraine.

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