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Trump says Moscow and Kyiv seek settlement; Mar-a-Lago meetings planned
U.S. President Donald Trump said that, in his view, Russia and Ukraine want to settle the conflict for the first time, and that he held phone calls on Friday and would continue them on Saturday. Trump said many meetings related to Russia were scheduled at Mar-a-Lago, several days before trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi.
U.S. President Donald Trump said that, in his view, Russia and Ukraine want to reach a settlement for the first time. “Russia and Ukraine, it seems to me, want a settlement for the first time. We have meetings underway. I had phone calls today, and there will be more tomorrow,” Trump told reporters on Friday evening, November 6, after arriving in West Palm Beach, Florida, aboard Air Force One.
The U.S. president again discussed the scale of a potential agreement. “I think it will be a very big settlement. I think it will involve all of Europe,” he said. Trump did not specify whom he had spoken with by phone on Friday or whom he would speak with on Saturday. Earlier that day, he spoke at the Kennedy Space Center during the opening of the NASA MAX POWER aerospace exhibition.
In the video, Trump answers reporters’ questions about a settlement in Ukraine after arriving in Florida. His statement that both sides want to reach an agreement “for the first time” was his own assessment. The U.S. president did not name the terms, participants or timeline of the “big settlement.” Moscow and Kyiv had not responded to the statement at the time of publication.
“There are no details”
The new statement came a day after Trump met at the White House with Kirill Dmitriev, the special representative of the president of Russia. On November 5, in the Oval Office, Trump promised a “big, beautiful deal” that would affect more than Ukraine. Trump is now saying that, in his view, both sides are ready for a settlement and that phone talks will continue over the weekend.
The Kremlin has not disclosed the details of the prospective deal. Before Trump’s new statement, on Friday afternoon Moscow time, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov was asked about the agreement’s stage and content. He replied: “No, there are no details.” Peskov said Moscow had not yet received ideas from European countries on the architecture of European security, although dialogue with Europe on mutual security would be needed sooner or later.
Trump separately said that a series of meetings, including on Russia-related issues, would take place at his Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago.
“We have many meetings scheduled at Mar-a-Lago with all kinds of people — on Russia and other issues,” Trump says in this excerpt. He did not say who would come to Mar-a-Lago or when.
Putin gathers negotiators
In Moscow, officials discussed the upcoming round of talks on the same day. On the evening of November 6, Vladimir Putin held an operational meeting with members of the Security Council and initially invited participants in the upcoming negotiations to join the discussion. “Trilateral talks on Ukraine are due to begin next Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates,” the Russian president said, thanking the UAE leadership for helping seek a solution to the Ukraine crisis and facilitate humanitarian exchanges. Food security was the main topic of the meeting.
Talks between delegations from Russia, the United States and Ukraine are scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi on November 10–11. Peskov said the Russian delegation would again be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, while the U.S. delegation would be led by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
In Kyiv, officials are cautious about the idea of a broad agreement on Europe. In an interview with CNN broadcast on Friday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said: “We do not want Yalta 2.0.” He said talks should begin with an end to the war, followed by security guarantees for Ukraine, and only then should broader agreements between Europe and Moscow be discussed.
“25,000 people a month”
In the same exchange with reporters, Trump again cited the casualty figure he had mentioned the previous day in the Oval Office. This time, he referred to it while answering questions about Iran and arguing that U.S. actions against Tehran did not constitute a war.
“Russia and Ukraine are losing 25,000 people a month. We have lost no one in seven months,” Trump said. The U.S. president did not explain whose losses he meant or where the figure came from. He has repeatedly called the Russia-Ukraine conflict a “bloody slaughter” that must be stopped.
Video: Clash Report / X. Photo: Kremlin.ru (CC BY 4.0)
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