# Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is backing US leader Donald Trump’s proposal to make the current front line the basis for negotiations with Russia, but doubted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would accept it. Efforts to bring an end to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched in 2022, appear to have once again hit a standstill. Trump earlier said he had shelved plans for a summit in Budapest with Putin in the coming weeks because he did not want a “wasted” meeting.
Zelensky backs Trump’s suggestion to use current battle lines as basis for negotiations