<p>President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that they are still hopeful that they can guide Ukraine and Russia to a peace deal and end the years-long war.</p>
<p>Trump and some of his top administration officials, including Rubio, were in the Oval Office for a meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store to discuss the ongoing conflict in Europe. The White House has struggled to push Ukraine and Russia toward a peace deal, and Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv early Thursday morning, killing at least eight people and wounding around 70 more.</p>
<p>Despite multiple setbacks, Secretary of State Rubio said on Thursday that the administration still believes the war &#8220;is endable.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This war is endable. Both sides just have to agree to it. We&#8217;ve shown them a pathway forward. We&#8217;ve discussed those ideas,&#8221; Rubio added. &#8220;It was a good meeting yesterday. There will be good meetings over the weekend. We&#8217;ve shown them the finish line. We need both of them to say yes.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;What happened last night with those missile strikes should remind everybody of why this war needs to end,&#8221; the Secretary of State continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s horrible that those missiles landed. It&#8217;s even worse &#8230; that people were alive yesterday that are not alive today because this war continues.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump added that his administration is &#8220;using a lot of pressure&#8221; on both Ukraine and Russia to get them to agree to end the war.</p>
<p>&#8220;If you think we&#8217;re just in there because we&#8217;re nice people — and we are nice people — but we are using a lot of pressure,&#8221; the president said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/SecRubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecRubio</a>: &quot;This war is endable. Both sides just have to agree to it. We&#39;ve shown them a pathway forward. We&#39;ve discussed those ideas&#8230; We&#39;ve shown them the finish line. We need both of them to say yes.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/iyEYmtVzwI">pic.twitter.com/iyEYmtVzwI</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1915468254446838041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>U.S. officials met with representatives from Ukraine and the United Kingdom in London on Wednesday, but those talks only <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/officials-ukraine-us-uk-meet-london-latest-push-121073666" target="_blank" rel="noopener">involved</a> lower-ranking officials after Rubio could not make it due to scheduling issues. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, and Trump said that he will meet with the Russian leader in the near future.</p>
<p>Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admonishes-putin-over-airstrikes-on-kyiv-vladimir-stop?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump+Admonishes+Putin+Over+Airstrikes+On+Kyiv%3A+%E2%80%98Vladimir%2C+STOP%21%E2%80%99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he was &#8220;not happy with the Russian strikes&#8221; on Ukraine&#8217;s capital city, and urged Putin to &#8220;STOP!&#8221; Trump added on Thursday, &#8220;I didn&#8217;t like last night. I wasn&#8217;t happy with it. We&#8217;re in the midst of talking peace and missiles were fired. And I was not happy with it.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &quot;I didn&#39;t like last night. I wasn&#39;t happy with it. We&#39;re in the midst of talking peace and missiles were fired. And I was not happy with it.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/aSdPhsaOP0">pic.twitter.com/aSdPhsaOP0</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1915467155094544694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The president has blasted both Putin and Zelensky for their failure to agree to end the bloodshed. Earlier this week, Trump blasted Zelensky for making “inflammatory statements” that make it “difficult to settle this War.” Zelensky angered Trump after he said that Ukraine would never recognize Russia’s occupation of Crimea.</p>
<p>“He can have Peace or, he can fight for another three years before losing the whole Country,” Trump said. “I have nothing to do with Russia, but have much to do with wanting to save, on average, five thousand Russian and Ukrainian soldiers a week, who are dying for no reason whatsoever.”</p>
<p>Earlier this week, The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro traveled to war-torn Kyiv for an exclusive 60-minute, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/bss-ep-2185?elementPosition=0&amp;location=Home%20Tab&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Home%20Featured%20Carousel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">face-to-face interview</a> with Zelensky.</p>
<p>Speaking in front of the Saint Sophia Cathedral, Shapiro questioned Zelensky on several topics, including his tense March meeting with President Trump, the substantial amount of American taxpayer money Ukraine is receiving, and prospects for peace with Russia.</p>

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