# Could Trump side with Putin over Zelensky in Ukraine war talks?

https://mins.news/en/video/110108

- BBC News, 2026-10-21 20:15 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu1v8SRwoc4

> As US envoy Steve Witkoff meets Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg, Ukrainians fear Donald Trump may side with Moscow in talks to end the war. Trump earlier said ending the conflict was up to President Volodymyr Zelensky, who “could have made a deal two years ago”. A US official says Putin has accepted a proposal for a technical-level trilateral meeting involving Ukraine.

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