Trump hits out at Ukraine and Europe as Russia peace talks drag

President Donald Trump says he doesn’t want to waste time in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump says he doesn’t want to waste time in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

His growing frustration appears to be aimed not at the Kremlin, but at Kyiv and its backers in Europe, who Thursday faced a deepening rift with the United States at a decisive moment.

As those longtime U.S. allies struggled to balance the mounting pressure from Washington with their reluctance to give in to Russia's hard-line demands, Trump signaled that his patience was running thin.

“They would like us to go to a meeting over the weekend in Europe, and we’ll make a determination, depending on what they come back with. We don’t want to be wasting time,” he said.

Trump was speaking at a roundtable with business leaders Wednesday before Europe sent its response to the latest peace plan, focused on the pivotal issue of territorial concessions.