US President says negotiators to be sent to Moscow if it helps Ukraine talks
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US President Donald Trump stated his willingness to send negotiators to Moscow if it would facilitate the peace process in Ukraine. The article also mentions a ceasefire agreement for May 9-11 and comments from Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov regarding US-Russia cooperation.
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What happened
The United States would be prepared to send its negotiators to Moscow again if this would advance the peace process in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump said while answering a TASS question at the White House.
Why it matters
If I thought it would help I would do it," Trump said when asked whether he would send his team to Moscow for further negotiations in light of the ceasefire agreement in Ukraine on May 9, 10 and 11.
Common ground
He also suggested that the Ukrainian conflict may indeed be coming to an end.
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US President Donald Trump stated his willingness to send negotiators to Moscow if it would facilitate the peace process in Ukraine. The article also mentions a ceasefire agreement for May 9-11 and comments from Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov regarding US-Russia cooperation.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.
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Claim 1: “I’ve settled eight wars, and actually nine”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general biographical information about Donald Trump from Wikipedia and Britannica, but does not contain any mention or confirmation of him claiming to have settled eight or nine wars.
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— Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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— Stay informed and read the latest breaking news and updates on Donald Trump from AP News, the definitive source for independent journalism.
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— 15 hours ago · Donald Trump served as the 45th president of the United States (2017–21). He was the third president in U.S. history to be impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives and the only pr…
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Donald-Trump
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Donald-Trump
Claim 2: “Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said earlier that telephone contacts between Moscow and Washington, as well as US cooperation with Ukraine, had led to agreements on a ceasefire for May 9-11”
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Al Jazeera and other web search results explicitly state that Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed an agreement on the ceasefire was reached through telephone contacts with the US administration.
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— The 2025 Russia–United States Summit (also known as the Trump–Putin Summit in Alaska) was a summit meeting between United States president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin. It was hel…
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— This is a list of people associated with the modern Russian Federation, the Soviet Union, Imperial Russia, Russian Tsardom, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Kievan Rus', and other predecessor states of Russ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_people
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— Yuri Viktorovich Ushakov (Russian: Юрий Викторович Ушаков; born 13 March 1947) is a Russian senior diplomat who has served as the aide to the president of Russia on foreign policy issues since 2012. F…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Ushakov
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Ushakov
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Claim 3: “ceasefire agreement in Ukraine on May 9, 10 and 11”
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Multiple independent sources (Al Jazeera, India Today, and other web search results) confirm that President Trump announced a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine for May 9-11, including a prisoner exchange.
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— May 21 is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 224 days remain until the end of the year.
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— May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on May 1, around halfway between the Northern Hemisphere's spring equinox and midsummer solstice. …
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— Theresa Mary May, Baroness May of Maidenhead (; née Brasier; born 1 October 1956), is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_May
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Claim 4: “The United States would be prepared to send its negotiators to Moscow again if this would advance the peace process in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump said”
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The claim is explicitly reported in the web search results, specifically mentioning Donald Trump answering a TASS question at the White House regarding sending negotiators to Moscow to advance the peace process in Ukraine.
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— The 2019 Trump–Ukraine political scandal arose primarily from the discovery of U.S. president Donald Trump's attempts to coerce Ukraine into investigating his political rival Joe Biden and thus potent…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Trump–Ukraine_scandal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Trump–Ukraine_scandal
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— Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
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— Trump Tower Moscow, also known as the Moscow Project, was a series of proposals by the Trump Organization to develop a Trump skyscraper in Russia. Michael Cohen testified in February 2019 that Donald…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower_Moscow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower_Moscow
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Claim 5: “The agreement was a further development of the ideas voiced during the April 29 telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump”
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Al Jazeera reports that the agreement followed a recent telephone conversation between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. While the provided Wikipedia entry mentions a February 12 call, the news reports specifically link the ceasefire agreement to a telephone conversation between the two leaders.
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— The Trump–Putin summit may refer to:
2018 Russia–United States Summit, meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on 16 July 2018.
2025 Russia–United States Summit, meeting between D…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump–Putin_summit
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— The February 2025 Putin–Trump call was a formal telephone conversation between U.S. president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin that took place on February 12, 2025. The conversation i…
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— Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin
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