US President Donald Trump believes that a trilateral meeting involving President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will take place.

He said this in an interview with Daily Caller, Ukrinform reports.

I don't know about the bilateral meeting (between Zelensky and Putin – ed.), but the trilateral meeting will happen. But, you know, sometimes people are not ready for that. I use an analogy. I've used it a few times already. You have a kid, and there's another kid on the playground, and they hate each other, and they start fighting, and you want them to stop, and they keep going. After a while, they're very happy to stop. Sometimes they have to fight before you can get them to stop. But it's been going on for a long time. A lot of people have died, - said Trump.

He also reiterated his willingness to help end this war.

They want it to be resolved, but if we can help them, I'll be willing to do that. We're talking about a lot of lives. We're not talking about something I started. I inherited this war. And all I'm trying to do is put out the flames. And I thought I did it. I've done it seven times with other conflicts, I've done it with wars that were more difficult than this one (Russian-Ukrainian - ed.). This war is just very difficult. It's a difficult war, - Trump added.

As Ukrinform reported, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, stated that the only world leader who can force Russia to start real negotiations is US President Donald Trump.