WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - President Donald Trump will meet with the Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday as the international community is closely watching for indications the Russians may agree to end the war in Ukraine.
President Trump says he's hoping to get a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy out of this meeting to finally end the war.
Putin says he could use this meeting to reach a deal with the U.S. about nuclear arms controls.
Russian forces advanced further into Ukraine this week into a key industrial region and against all odds the Ukrainian military has held on for nearly three-and-a-half years but it's now struggling to push back the much larger Russian army.
“If we can get the war solved, we'll be very happy,” said Tru