Trump predicts ‘big’ deal on Ukraine that could involve ‘all of Europe’ - Anadolu Ajansı

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine is “very close” and could involve “all of Europe.”

Trump’s remarks came after Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy, joined first lady Melania Trump and Ukrainian officials at the White House to mark a localized ceasefire she brokered in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky.

Asked if he met with Dmitriev, Trump said: “Yeah, I did.”

Asked what they discussed, he responded: “I can’t tell you what I discussed, but I’m just telling you, it’s going to be a big agreement, and it’s going to involve more than Ukraine... I could even say it might involve all of Europe.”

Questioned if he raised Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians, Trump said: “I always bring it up, and I also bring it up the other way because the other way they kill too.”

“It is a bloodbath, and it has to end,” he said. “I think we’re going to get it ended pretty soon, very soon, maybe.”