Trump Urges Putin to Sign Ukraine Peace Deal After Meeting Zelensky

On Sunday, April 27, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt the fighting in Ukraine. Trump urged Putin to sign a peace agreement. This statement followed Trump's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican. Trump indicated that the U.S. has proposed a peace plan for the over three-year-long conflict in Ukraine. He suggested that Zelensky might be willing to cede Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, as part of a peace deal. Russia claimed to have annexed four territories of eastern and southern Ukraine, despite not having full military control.