US President Donald Trump has called on Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to stop killing Ukrainians and Russians and said that Ukraine wants to launch an offensive.

Source: Trump at a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel

Details: Trump said he will soon speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the war.

Quote : "We'll be talking about... They want to go offensive. I'll make a determination on that, but they would like to go offensive."

Details : Trump added that Russia had lost 1.5 million people since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, "soldiers mostly".

Quote : "All we want from President Putin is stop this, stop killing Ukrainians and stop killing Russians because he's killing a lot of Russians." [N.B. Ukrainska Pravda does not recognise Putin as president – ed.]

Background :

• Trump is expected to discuss the issue of Tomahawk missiles with Zelenskyy later this week.
• NATO believes that while the delivery of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine would not be decisive, it would have a tangible impact on the battlefield.

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