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President-elect Trump Calls for Ceasefire in Ukraine, Claims Zelensky Seeks Deal

Dec 8, 2024, 08:06 AM

President-elect Donald Trump has called for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. In statements made on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump emphasized that "too many lives have been lost" and "too many families destroyed." He asserted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to "make a deal" to stop the conflict and "stop this madness."