President Donald Trump on Friday called for Ukraine and Russia to meet for “very high level talks,” saying they are “very close to a deal” on ending the bloody three-year war. Trump posted on his Truth Social site shortly after arriving in Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral that it was a “good day in talks and meetings with Russia and

The U.S. is showing signs that it is increasingly willing to withdraw from a peace process that has grown more complex in recent months.

President Donald Trump has called for Ukraine and Russia to meet for “very high level talks”, saying they are “very close to a deal” on ending the bloody three-year war. Mr Trump posted on his Truth Social site shortly after arriving in Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral that it was a “good day” of talks and meetings between the two sides.