US President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine are “very close to a deal” that would end their three-year war, after his envoy met with President Vladimir Putin on Friday in talks Moscow said were “constructive and very useful.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump said in an interview published on Friday that “Crimea will stay with Russia,” the latest example of the U.S. leader pressuring Ukraine to make concessions to end the war while it remains under siege.

US President Donald Trump’s special envoy met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow as Washington intensifies its push for a deal to end the war on Ukraine.The Kremlin published a short video on Telegram of Steve Witkoff greeting the Russian leader Friday before sitting down at a table with him.