Trump says US sees trend toward ending Russia-Ukraine war
Trump said both Russia and Ukraine are weary of fighting as talks on security guarantees open in Abu Dhabi.
The United States is seeing a move toward ending the conflict in Ukraine, Trump said on Tuesday, Russia's state news agency TASS reported.
Trump said Washington was taking part in the effort because he wanted the killing to stop, even though the war did not directly affect the United States.
He said he believed Russia and Ukraine were both tired of fighting and wanted peace, and that he was able to bring the two sides together.
Trump said meetings were under way at that moment and that they were "going okay" as Washington tried to secure a settlement.
He also rejected a journalist's assertion that Russia was not interested in a settlement of the conflict.
Talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday in Abu Dhabi.
The Russian delegation will be headed by Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky, while Foreign Intelligence Service chief Rustem Umerov will lead the Ukrainian side.
Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the talks would focus on security guarantees.
Peskov also said European representatives could not take part because the three-way format had been agreed upon from the outset.
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and the war has continued since then despite repeated efforts to reach a negotiated end.