President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Mike Waltz vows leadership will soon end the war between Russia and Ukraine and ensure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will sign the deal .
“Under Trump’s leadership, this war will end. It will end soon,” Walz said at a Conservative Political Action Conference near the U.S. capital on Friday. “He is the president of peace.”
Waltz defends Trump administration’s decision to negotiate with Russia at a meeting in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, echoing the views of the vice president JD Vance.
“Unless you talk to both sides, you won’t be able to end the war, and that’s what we’re doing,” Walz said.
Trump’s frustration with Zelenksyy escalates as we press for Ukraine to reach a peace deal
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz made an appearance at a conservative political action conference in National Harbor, Maryland on February 21, 2025. (John Nacion/Getty Images)
Waltz also said the United States is working with Ukraine, Russia and others European allies Identify everyone’s needs to ensure a peace agreement.
Walz told White House reporters on Thursday that Trump’s frustration with Zelenskyy was increasing, with discussions between the U.S. for Ukrainian envoy and Russian envoy Keith Kellogg and Ukrainian officials focused on Wednesday Help help Ukraine “understand” the war.
“Of course, this is not in Russia’s interest, nor in the interests of the American people for this war, and it is constantly grinding forever,” Walz said on Thursday. “So the key part of his conversation is to help Zelens,” he said. President Ki understands that this war needs to end.”
The pressure to agree to a deal has increased, and everyone insulted each other after a tense period between Trump and Zelensky for several days, after a meeting between us and Russian officials.
Ukraine did not attend the meeting, Zelensky told Turkey’s reporters that “no one decides anything behind it”, which was emphasized in recent days that Kiev would not agree to conduct peace negotiations without Ukraine’s investment.
Trump and Zelenskyy’s verbal war heats up, even if we hope to end the war in Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and U.S. Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian officials in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Associated Press)
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Zelenskyy accused Trump of continuing Russia’s “false information” on Wednesday, but Trump brought back the poke and labeled Zelenskyy as a “dictator” who failed his country, and It is suggested that Ukraine launch a war. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Middle East Steve Witkoff and Waltz went to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov ) and Yuri Ushakov, diplomatic adviser to President Vladimir Putin, held with Russian Foreign Minister Vladimir Putin to end the conflict in a way that ends the conflict. way.
U.S. officials also met with Ukrainian officials on the peace agreement, and Kellogg said in an article on X on Wednesday that the United States remains committed to ending the war and finding ways to build a “sustainable peace.”
