INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was much more confident of a deal to end the Ukraine war after talks that drew a strong rebuke from
Kyiv over its exclusion.Trump also suggested that he could meet President Vladimir Putin shortly as the United States overhauls its stance
towards Russia in a shift that has alarmed European leaders.At the talks in Riyadh, Russia and the United States agreed to establish teams
to negotiate a path to ending the war that began when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.Trump said he was "much more confident" of a
deal after the talks, adding "they were very good
Russia wants to do something
They want to stop the savage barbarianism.""I think I have the power to end this war, and I think it's going very well," Trump said, chiding
Ukraine for complaining it had been cut out of discussions.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has slammed his nation's exclusion from
the Riyadh gathering, which lasted more than four hours."I'm very disappointed, I hear that they're upset about not having a seat," Trump
told reporters when asked what he would say to Ukrainians who feel "betrayed.""Today I heard, oh, well, we weren't invited
Well, you've been there for three years...You should have never started it
You could have made a deal," he said.Some European leaders fear Washington will make major concessions to Moscow and re-write the
continent's security arrangement.Asked if he would met Putin before the end of the month, Trump said "probably."
