putin is ready to meet with trump    /wirestory/kremlin-welcomes-possibi lity-meeting-trump-putin-117543621   kremlin welcomes the possibility of a meeting between trump and putin a senior moscow official says the kremlin welcomes u.s. president-elect donald trumps readiness to meet with russian president vladimir putin the kremlin has welcomed u.s. president-elect donald trump's readiness to meet with russian president vladimir putin, a senior moscow official said friday. russia attaches no conditions to the possibility of face-to-face talks, kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov told reporters during a conference call. trump said thursday that putin wants to meet and that a meeting is being set up. he indicated that efforts to end the almost three-year war between russia and ukraine were behind the overtures for talks. we have to get that war over with, trump said when referring to his possible meeting with putin. trump, who has criticized u.s. aid for ukraines war effort, has called putin pretty smart for invading ukraine and has praised russias military record in historical conflicts. ukrainian officials are alarmed at the possibility that the u.s., its single biggest donor, could reduce or stop providing aid. without western support, its fight against russias invasion could be doomed. we are aware that the (biden) administration will try to leave as difficult legacy in bilateral relations as possible for trump and his team, peskov said. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy has said that in any peace negotiation his country would need assurances about its future protection from russia, its much bigger neighbor, which has invaded ukraine twice since the turn of the century.
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