US President Donald Trump is determined to bring the conflict in Ukraine to an end, his National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said, APA reports citing TASS.
"Look, the president is ready to drive this war to an end. He has made that clear over and over again," he said. Waltz added that the previous US administration "didn't even really try" to settle the conflict, and now "President Trump is doing what he should as a leader and pushing hard diplomacy with strength and leadership." "No one should be surprised about that," he said.
Waltz said that the US has "done a lot, a lot for the security of Ukraine," adding that Washington’s request to strike a deal on rare earths as a way to recoup aid provided to Kiev is fair. "To say that we're going to change the nature of our aid going forward is, I don't think should offend anyone," he said.