The conflict has an “opportunity for lasting peace,” according to press secretary Karoline Leavitt

Washington now sees real chances of success for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has said.

US President Donald Trump is pushing for talks between his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky as the “next phase of the peace process,” she said in a press briefing on Tuesday.

“Before President Trump’s landslide victory last November, there was no end in sight to this bloodshed,” she told reporters. “Now, there may finally be light at the end of the tunnel and an opportunity for…

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