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

Russia is ready to make a deal with Ukraine, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. This comes after President Donald Trump's demand that Russian President Vladimir Putin stop deadly strikes in Ukraine.