He told reporters, as cited by Clash Report:“Zelenskyy and Putin hate each other. It looks like I will have to sit in the same room with them, because they can’t be in it together,” the U.S. president said.Trump also stated that Zelenskyy would have to strike a deal, while Europe must stop buying Russian oil.“He’s going to have to make a deal; Zelenskyy is going to have to make a deal, and Europe has to stop buying oil from Russia," Trump said.On September 14, Trump recognized Russia as the aggressor in the war against Ukraine — one of his toughest public assessments of Moscow’s policy since taking office. On September 15, he criticized EU sanctions against Russia as insufficient and stressed that European countries continue to purchase Russian oil.