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Trump: Russia and Ukraine ‘very close’ to ceasefire deal, they need to ‘finish it off’

By AFP 26 April 2025, 1:25 am 2 Edit
US President Donald Trump, right, and First Lady Melania Trump step off Air Force One upon arrival at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Rome, Italy, April 25, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
US President Donald Trump, right, and First Lady Melania Trump step off Air Force One upon arrival at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Rome, Italy, April 25, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)

ROME — US President Donald Trump says that Russia and Ukraine are “very close” to a ceasefire deal, and urges the two sides to meet and finalize it.

“A good day in talks and meetings with Russia and Ukraine. They are very close to a deal, and the two sides should now meet, at very high levels, to ‘finish it off,'” Trump posts on his Truth Social platform shortly after arriving in Rome, where he will attend Pope Francis’s funeral.

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