The president called for a peace deal to be “DONE” after claiming it was “harder” to negotiate with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

White House envoy Steve Witkoff met on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. Why it matters: The fourth meeting between Witkoff and Putin comes a day after President Trump made a public demand that Russia stop its missile and drone attacks on Ukraine and focus on negotiating a peace deal.

President Donald Trump says “Crimea will stay with Russia.” It's a definitive statement about the need for Ukraine to cede territory to end the war.