After US President Donald Trump claimed that Russia and Ukraine have been “very near a deal,” his billionaire adviser, Elon Musk, asserted it was time to finish the warfare. “Time to finish the slaughter,” Musk, the pinnacle of the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), posted on X.
Time to finish the slaughter pic.twitter.com/ndrMIMxfm3
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2025
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s remark was in response to a Trump put up on Reality Social the place the US President mentioned that he arrived in Rome late Friday to attend Pope Francis’ funeral.
On the Russia-Ukraine warfare, Trump mentioned it was a “good day in talks”, including the 2 sides have been “very near a deal”. He even recommended Russia and Ukraine meet at a really excessive stage to “end it off”.
Calling it a “merciless and mindless warfare,” Trump mentioned they’ve agreed to “many of the main factors.” “Cease the bloodshed, NOW,” he wrote, and added the US could be there wherever it was vital to assist facilitate the top to this warfare, which started with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The put up got here after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s three-hour-long assembly with Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Friday. Within the assembly, the 2 talked concerning the US plan to place an finish to the years-long warfare in Ukraine, Reuters reported.
There have been no direct talks between the 2 warring sides because the early weeks of the continuing warfare. In the course of the Friday assembly in Moscow, Putin mentioned the “risk” of direct talks with the other facet, the Kremlin mentioned.
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov mentioned Putin had a “constructive” dialogue with Witkoff, including the assembly even included a dialogue over the potential for renewing direct negotiations.
However Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected recommendations that Crimea be thought-about part of Russian territory. Earlier this week, he asserted Ukraine was not going to “recognise Russia’s annexation of Crimea” and rejected the proposal.
Noting it was in opposition to the Structure of Ukraine, Zelensky mentioned there was “nothing to speak about right here”.