Trump to Zelensky: “Make a deal, or things will go badly”

Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelensky to reach a deal with Russia, warning that the situation would worsen without an agreement and criticizing Zelensky as Ukraine’s chief negotiator. Before meeting Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, US envoy Steve Witkoff held talks in Oslo with Zelensky and European officials. Witkoff’s meeting with Putin at the Konstantinovsky Palace lasted three hours. The Kremlin dismissed the Ukrainian and European proposals as having “little substance,” while Zelensky had presented Article 5-style security guarantees in Oslo.