Trump puts pressure on Kyiv to make deal with Russia

US President Donald Trump continued to up the pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make a deal with its Russian invaders. He said both the US and Europe are growing weary of the conflict.

Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressed again Washington and US President Trump have "nothing to do" with decisions made by Starlink.

US President Donald Trump continued to up the pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make a deal with its Russian invaders. He also said Europe is growing weary of the conflict, despite the fact the European countries have been trying to make up for any scaling back of US supplies.

TRUMP: "But Ukraine has to want to make a deal, because the United States has spent a fortune. Europe has spent fortune. Europe's tired of it right now. They're tired of right now, and if they don't make a deal, ultimately, it's just going to get, in my opinion, it's really just going get worse. They have very a very big country in Russia. They have lot of people. They have lots of people to draw from. Ukraine does not have a lot of people to draw from. And it's time to make deal. And I say that. Remember this, though. We've given a lot to Ukraine. We've gotten absolutely nothing back, except grief, death, tremendous monetary loss."

Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressed again Washington and US President Trump have "nothing to do" with decisions made by Starlink following claims from Ukraine speed restrictions had been put in place on the country's use of the service.

MARCO RUBIO: "But Starlink is a private company. They have a contract. They have contractual terms upon how that technology can be used. The important point is we cannot direct a private company as to the decisions they make or not make. What I can tell you with certainty is the president of the United States, nor anyone in our system ever requested that any changes to that system be made."

Elsewhere, Zelenskyy said Kyiv was once again receiving early warnings from its partners following recent Russian attacks that had occurred without prior notice to Ukraine. Standing next to leaders from Norway and Finland, Zelenskyy said the change came after talks with American counterparts, including a phone call with the US Secretary of State.