Trump Says Efforts to Contain War in Ukraine ‘Under Control’

A Russian soldier rides a motorbike past destroyed buildings in the village of Kazachya Loknya in the Kursk region on March 18.

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US President Donald Trump said efforts to stop the war between Russia and Ukraine from escalating further are “under control.”

Trump cited his “good” relationships with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as key to negotiating an end to the war. He was speaking in an interview with Outkick, a website that combines sports talk with conservative politics and which is owned by Fox Corp.