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Trump reveals he ‘spoke to Putin about ending Ukraine war’ and claims Russian tyrant ‘wants to see people stop dying’
Trump is set to reveal his long-awaited peace plan to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine next week
PRESIDENT Donald Trump has revealed he's spoken to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin about ending the bloody war in Ukraine.
The Republican revealed mad Vlad's willingness to end the conflict, explaining that the tyrant wants to "see people stop dying".
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Trump and Putin's bizarre friendship has taken a new turn, with the Republican leader revealing the pair have had key conversations on stopping the illegal war in Ukraine.
Don revealed that he "better not say" how many times he's spoken with his pal, but he believes Putin "does care" about the gargantuan number of casualties on the battlefield.
January was the second bloodiest month for Russia since the start of the war nearly three years ago.
There have been more than 837,000 Russian casualties since the invasion.
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Speaking to , he said: "All those dead people. Young, young, beautiful people.
"They’re like your kids, two million of them – and for no reason."
And a claim that Trump has made numerous before, he asserted that the horrific war "never would have happened" if he had been president in 2022.
He added that he and the Russian dictator "had always had a good relationship".
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Slamming his predecessor Joe Biden, he called the Democrat bumbler "an embarrassment to our nation - a complete embarrassment".
Trump revealed he has a concrete plan in place to end the war - and hopes its ending is "fast".
He said: "Every day people are dying. This war is so bad in Ukraine. I want to end this damn thing."
While addressing National Security Advisor Mike Waltz who was aboard the Air Force One with him during the interview, the president added: "Let’s get these meetings going. They want to meet.
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"Every day people are dying. Young handsome soldiers are being killed. Young men, like my sons. On both sides. All over the battlefield."
Vice President JD Vance is set to meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference next week.
Trump has said he wants an eye-watering $500 million deal with Zelensky to acquire rare-earth minerals and gas in Ukraine in exchange for security guarantees in a potential peace settlement.
Trump and Zelensky have had a notoriously frosty relationship due to the Republican's friendship with Putin.
Discussing Iran, Trump explained he "would like a deal done with Iran on non-nuclear".
He said: "I would prefer that to bombing the hell out of it.
"They don’t want to die. Nobody wants to die.
"If we made the deal, Israel wouldn’t bomb them.";
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But the president looks to keep his cards close to his chest as he refused to reveal details of any potential negotiations.
Trump added: ";In a way, I don’t like telling you what I’m going to tell [Iran]. You know, it’s not nice.
"I could tell what I have to tell them, and I hope they decide that they’re not going to do what they’re currently thinking of doing. And I think they’ll really be happy."
Trump is set to reveal his long-awaited peace plan to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
His proposal to end the three-year-old conflict is set to be announced at the Munich Security Conference next week.
But a "leaked" copy of the alleged plan has details that could be difficult for Ukrainian president Volodmyr Zelensky and European leaders to accept.
the alleged plan would see Vladimir Putin stopped in his tracks and Russia's steadily advancing front line frozen in an Easter ceasefire.
European soldiers, including Brits, could then be used to guarantee Russia doesn't invade again by policing a demilitarised zone.
Crucially for Trump, this would not include American soldiers.
In return, Ukraine would be barred from joining Nato and it would have to declare neutrality.
Who is General Kellogg?
By Georgie English, Foreign News Reporter
DONALD Trump has tasked longtime war hero pal Keith Kellogg with ending the war in Ukraine in just 100 days.
Decorated war veteran Keith Kellogg, 80, is hoping to finally stop Vladimir Putin in his tracks with help from the new President after Don's stark threats to Russia in recent days.
The military man served his country for 36 years before going into politics and is now expected to advise the peace negotiations in 2025.
Kellogg has been a key figure alongside Trump for almost a decade after he was appointed as a chief of staff on the Republican's highly sensitive National Security role during his first term in office.
Former White House national-security adviser under Trump, John Bolton, even said he once overheard Don say he likes Kellogg because he “never offers his opinion unless I ask for it".
Russia is also yet to express any interest in engaging with the 80-year-old by himself.
But, the country could still become part of the EU in 2030 and Trump would want the bloc to drive Ukraine's postwar reconstruction.
The US would continue to support Ukraine's military but Kyiv would have to accept Russian ownership of the land Moscow has seized.
Putin occupies around 20 per cent of Ukraine and has held sham referendums in four regions for them to "officially"; join Russia.
Sanctions on Russia could be wound down over several years, with money made off special duties funding the rebuilding of Ukraine.
The alleged peace plan was leaked to Ukrainian news outlet Strana - but Zelensky's office slammed it as Russian disinformation.
Any peace deal could be sealed with a call between Trump and Putin or at an international peace conference with all the leaders involved.
Zelenksy has made it clear that he wants all of eastern Ukraine which Russia controls returned to Kyiv.
But he has accepted that the land might not return to Ukraine immediately.
Instead, Zelenksy's immediate goal with any peace appears to be to get Ukraine to join the Nato military alliance or at least be protected under its umbrella.
Zelensky has said it was key that Nato should "immediately" cover all of the land Kyiv controls, so Putin does not use the peace to prepare for another invasion.
Trump has ordered his new envoy General Keith Kellogg to end the war within 100 days.
Zelensky is worried that Trump could go over his head and sign a peace deal with Russia, cutting Ukraine out.
The US could then force Ukraine into accepting the deal, no matter how bad for Ukraine it is, by cutting off any military support.
Zelensky said on Saturday: "Russia's war is against Ukraine, against Europe, against the whole world, but above all, the war is waged on our land.
"It is impossible to exclude Ukraine from any negotiating platform.
"Either this negotiating platform will have no real results, or it will have only political results. And such results will have nothing to do with security or the end of the war."
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He has previously said Ukraine would not give up a single piece of land.
Putin is yet to state exactly what his goals in any peace conference would be.
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