A key step toward ending the war in Ukraine would be setting a firm date for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet face-to-face, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Darin Gaub, a senior geopolitical strategist, told Newsmax on Saturday.
“Well, I think ultimately what needs to happen is that both Putin and Zelenskyy need to be able to have a date on the calendar when they’re going to get together and talk over how this thing can actually come to an end, because without that — the two chief players in this conflict — you’re never going to achieve a peace deal,” Gaub said during an interview on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Weekend.”
Gaub’s remarks came in response to President Donald Trump’s comments during a White House press briefing on Friday, when he told reporters that he was “not happy” about reports of a Russian airstrike hitting a U.S. factory in western Ukraine or about “anything having to do with that war.”
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