Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump calls for immediate ceasefire as Zelensky reveals frontline casualties
US president-elect Donald Trump has called for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end “the madness”.
He made the comments just hours after meeting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris for their first face-to-face talks since he won last month’s US election.
“Zelensky and Ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, adding that Kyiv had lost some 400,000 soldiers. “There should be an immediate ceasefire and negotiations should begin.”
“I know Vladimir [Putin] well. This is his time to act. China can help. The World is waiting!” Trump added.
Zelensky reacted to Trump’s message on Sunday saying peace was not just a piece of paper, but needed guarantees.
“When we talk about effective peace with Russia, we must first and foremost talk about effective guarantees for peace. Ukrainians want peace more than anyone else,” he said on X.
It appeared Trump’s figure of 400,000 Ukrainian soldiers lost in the war meant both killed and wounded. Zelensky said 43,000 soldiers had been killed in the war and that there had been 370,000 wounded soldiers.
