Trump’s blistering warning to Putin to ‘get moving’ on Ukraine peace as envoy meets Vlad
The meeting will be the first time Putin has been seen in over 10 days
Georgie English,
A FURIOUS Donald Trump has ordered Vladimir Putin "to get moving" and accept a ceasefire deal to finally end the war in Ukraine.
The blistering warning comes as the US president sent his peace envoy across to Moscow to meet with the Russians today and reportedly give them a final deadline to accept a truce.
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Steve Witkoff shaking hands with Vladimir Putin ahead of their meeting todayCredit: Sky News
President Donald Trump speaking at a cabinet meeting.
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President Donald Trump has hit out at Russia for still allowing the war in Ukraine to continueCredit: AP
Burning emergency vehicles at a hospital in Kupiansk, Ukraine.
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The meeting comes just hours after vile Vlad's latest ballistic missile strike on Kupiansk, UkraineCredit: Reuters
Illustration of Ukraine-Russia border conflict map showing troop movements near Sumy and Kharkiv.
Despot Putin has come out of an apparent ten-day disappearance to meet with Steve Witkoff on his trip.
The White House envoy arrived in Russia early on Friday just hours after vile Vlad's latest ballistic missile strike on Ukraine.
Before the pair met for third time this year, President Trump released a scathing statement on Truth Social.
He wrote: "Russia has to get moving. Too many people ere DYING, thousands a week, in a terrible and senseless war.
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"A war that should have never happened, and wouldn’t have happened, if I were President!!!"
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin and Witkoff are set to discuss setting up a future meeting which directly involves the US leader.
Peskov urged the world not to celebrate the meeting as he said it isn't likely to be a "momentous" day full of major breakthroughs.
Some analysts are expecting Witkoff to place a deadline on Putin to finally accept a ceasefire deal.
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Putin spent the first part of the day travelling back to the capital after being in St Petersburg.
The Kremlin said he was involved in "extraordinarily important" talks over the development and modernisation of the Russian Navy.
This will involve a 8.4 trillion rubles (£76.23 billion) investment by 2035 and will finance new vessels and technologies.
Witkoff is due to be across in Oman on Saturday for talks with Iran over its nuclear programme.
It comes as Ukraine fears Trump's pleas for peace will be ignored by Moscow once again.
Ukrainian officials and military analysts believe Russia is preparing to unleash a fresh military offensive in the coming weeks.
Officials believe Putin is determined to steal as much land as possible before ensuring any peace deal allows him to keep the seized territory.
UK Defence Secretary John Healey has also called on further support to be sent to Ukraine as a summer of fighting begins to draw closer.
Healey urged members of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group to provide more military support to Kyiv.
He said at a meeting at the Nato headquarters in Brussels: “Our job as defence ministers is to get urgent military aid into the hands of Ukrainian warfighters.
“And to those nations not making fresh commitments today, I urge you to look again, to look hard at what more you can do."
Healey's comments come on the back of concerns over the practicality of Sir Keir Starmer's "Coalition of the Willing" group.
A European Union top diplomat has said the group, made up of European and Ukraine allies, have failed to provide any clarity on how a post-war peacekeeping plan will work.
Kaja Kallas was asked if there was a clear idea in place over what a plan would look like if foreign troops were deployed in Ukraine.
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But she replied: “I mean the different member states have different opinions and the discussions are still ongoing.”
Around 200 military planners from 30 countries have been working together to give support to Ukraine should a ceasefire be agreed.
Can there be peace?
BY Lydia DoyeEARLIER this year it seemed hopeful that world leaders would broker a peace deal in Ukraine.But these hopes are wavering as Putin has repeatedly refused to cooperate, instead choosing to ramp up attacks on Ukraine.Putin's latest recruitment drive could have huge ramifications for peace with Donald Trump already voicing serious concerns over Putin's readiness to agree to a ceasefire in recent days.Putin has already angered the US President over refusing to commit to any truce agreement.Trump previously admitted he was “p***ed off” with the Russian tyrant after he called for Zelensky's removal from office in an effort to stall peace.In Europe Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have put forward an idea to help maintain a future truce deal by sending their troops to patrol.But this proposal has been widely condemned by Putin and his Kremlin pals sparking further Russia-European tensions.
Vladimir Putin at a meeting.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has been ordered to accept a peace deal by TrumpCredit: Reuters
U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.
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Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff is meeting with Putin in MoscowCredit: Reuters
Screenshot of Donald Trump's Truth Social post urging Russia to end the war in Ukraine.
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