Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday backed a proposal by US President Donald Trump to freeze the current front line in the Russia-Ukraine war, calling it “a good compromise", but added he doubts Russian President Vladimir Putin would agree to it.

Speaking during a short visit to Oslo, Zelenskyy said Trump had suggested, “Stay where we stay and begin conversation."

“I think that was a good compromise, but I’m not sure that Putin will support it, and I said it to the president," he told reporters.

Trump last week called on both Moscow and Kyiv to halt fighting and keep to their current positions.

The US president has grown increasingly frustrated with Russia’s refusal to accept a ceasefire in the nearly four-year conflict. So far, he has not been able to persuade Putin t

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