The president suggested that the Trump administration\u2019s focus later in the year would be on the US midterm elections.<\/b>
\nUkraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelensky says the US is proposing to finish all necessary negotiations to end Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in June.
\u201cThe Americans are proposing that the parties end the war by the beginning of this summer,\u201d Zelensky told reporters in a briefing late on Friday.
\u201cWe understand that American internal issues have an impact and will certainly become even more relevant for them,\u201d he said, suggesting US midterm elections in November would become the administration\u2019s major focus.
Zelensky said that the next round of peace talks aimed at ending Russia\u2019s four-year invasion may happen in about a week, amid another proposed energy truce. \u201cThe Ukrainian team has already accepted the invitation,\u201d he said.
Washington has once again advised Ukraine and Russia to halt strikes on energy targets as a \u201cde-escalation gesture\u201d, which Ukraine has accepted, he said.
Hours after Zelensky\u2019s comments, Russian forces unleashed another massive missile and drone barrage, targeting Ukraine\u2019s power grid and leaving much of the nation\u2019s west without electricity, heating or water.<\/p>\n