President Trump on Friday called for Russia and Ukraine to immediately halt fighting as he renews efforts to settle the more than three-year war.

Trump issued the demand on his social media site Truth Social shortly after he finished an “interesting" and "cordial” meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.

“But I told him, as I likewise strongly suggested to [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin, that it is time to stop the killing, and make a DEAL!,” he wrote. “Enough blood has been shed, with property lines being defined by War and Guts. They should stop where they are.”

Zelensky, speaking to reporters outside the White House after the meeting, said he agreed with Trump about an immediate ceasefire, to freeze the battle lines and negotiate an end to the war

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