Even before Trump’s announcement, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said Ukraine being forced to cede part of its country to Russia would be the "greatest betrayal of a European ally" since Poland in 1945.
Donald Trump said he and Russian president Vladimir Putin agreed by phone to begin negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine and will “work together, very closely”.
He added: “Russian president invited the US president to visit Moscow and expressed readiness to host US officials in Russia for issues of mutual interest, naturally including Ukraine, the Ukrainian settlement.”.
Peskov said that Trump called for a quick cessation of hostilities and a peaceful settlement and that Putin “emphasized the need to remove the root causes of the conflict and agreed with Trump that a long-term settlement could be achieved through peace talks.”.
Announcing a huge shift in US foreign policy via social media, the US president said the leaders are to meet in person and their respective teams will start talks “immediately”.
