President Donald Trump says he is close to reaching a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine that will involve “swapping of territories.”

“I think we’re getting very close,” Trump said.

“You’re looking at territory that’s been fought over for three and a half years,” he added. “There’ll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both.”

The president made the announcement as his self-imposed deadline for Russia to make a deal or face sanctions hit Friday.

Trump answered questions about the war in Ukraine while hosting a peace summit between Armenia and Azerbaijan at the White House.

He said he didn’t want to reveal further details about the deal because he didn’t want to overshadow his Friday event.

“I’ll be meeting very shortly with President Putin,” Trump said. “It would

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