Trump says Ukraine willing to negotiate, Russia 'ready for peace'

FILE PHOTO: Firefighters work at a site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the Kyiv region, Ukraine February 26, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

WASHINGTON/KYIV (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he received a letter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in which the Ukrainian leader expressed willingness to come to the negotiating table over the Russia-Ukraine war.

"Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians," Trump said in an address to Congress on Tuesday while quoting from the letter.