‘I don’t care how it’s done’: Trump pressures Ukraine to cut peace deal

Amid escalating tensions with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, United States President Donald Trump has increased pressure on the Eastern European country to make a deal that would end the war with Russia.Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Trump doubled down on his efforts to blame the Ukrainian president for holding up peace efforts that would bring the years-long conflict to a close.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Why Rubio is visiting Reliance’s oil refinery in India, the world’s largestlist 2 of 3Zelenskyy to hold talks on Russia-Ukraine war with Witkoff, Europeanslist 3 of 3Lavrov backs Tehran, but does Russia also gain from the US-Iran crisis?end of list“Zelenskyy has to want to settle this war, and if he doesn’t, I think it’s going to be a very bad thing,” Trump said as he talked about Russia having an “unlimited” supply of people to send in the fight.Moments later, the US president referenced a contentious Oval Office meeting he held with Zelenskyy in February 2025, shortly after returning to power.Zelenskyy, Trump said, could have made a “better deal” then. “He’s going to have to want to make a deal, because I don’t think his people are going to sta...