For months, President Donald Trump has voiced varying degrees of optimism that he – and only he – will be able to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
But halting progress, ever-more deadly drone attacks and unmoving negotiating positions seem to have taken their toll. On Thursday, Trump used a striking analogy to concede the warfare was nowhere near over, and that he did not, at that moment, feel it was best to intervene.
“Sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy,” Trump said in the Oval Office, with his German counterpart Friedrich Merz looking on silently. “They hate each other, and they’re fighting in a park, and you try and pull them apart. They don’t want to be pulled. Sometimes you’re better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart.”
He’s likely to encounter Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
For months, President Donald Trump has voiced varying degrees of optimism that he – and only he – will be able to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
But halting progress, ever-more deadly drone attacks and unmoving negotiating positions seem to have taken their toll. On Thursday, Trump used a striking analogy to concede the warfare was nowhere near over, and that he did not, at that moment, feel it was best to intervene.
You see it in hockey. You see it in sports. The referees let them go for a couple of seconds,” he said. “Let them go for a little while before you pull them apart.
A timeline he offered last week for determining Putin’s seriousness in wanting an end to the war — “two weeks” — hasn’t been repeated since, and there seems to be little expectation he’ll take action when the self-imposed deadline arrives on Monday.
He’s likely to encounter Ukrainian President
For months, President Donald Trump has voiced varying degrees of optimism that he – and only he – will be able to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
But halting progress, ever-more deadly drone attacks and unmoving negotiating positions seem to have taken their toll. On Thursday, Trump used a striking analogy to concede the warfare was nowhere near over, and that he did not, at that moment, feel it was best to intervene.
“Sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy,” Trump said in the Oval Office, with his German counterpart Friedrich Merz looking on silently. “They hate each other, and they’re fighting in a park, and you try and pull them apart. They don’t want to be pulled. Sometimes you’re better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart.”
- They estimated that airfares;
- Overture would need to be roughly 38% higher;
- New York-London flight to turn a profit;
- Put another way, supersonic flyers would pay roughly $4,830;
- One-way from New York to London;
- Based on current average one-way airfares of around $3,500 on Google Flights.
A Ukrainian firefighter rushed to the scene
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the boy was the 632nd child killed by Russia since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Zelensky said on Thursday that Russia launched 103 drones and one ballistic missile against the country overnight, targeting multiple regions. At least eight people were killed in the attacks.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the boy was the 632nd child killed by Russia since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Zelensky said on Thursday that Russia launched 103 drones and one ballistic missile against the country overnight, targeting multiple regions. At least eight people were killed in the attacks.
- They estimated that airfares;
- Overture would need to be roughly 38% higher;
- New York-London flight to turn a profit;
- Put another way, supersonic flyers would pay roughly $4,830;
- One-way from New York to London in June based on current average one-way.
