Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor said Saturday on Newsmax that President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the war in Ukraine has shifted from pursuing a cease-fire to aiming for a direct peace agreement with Russia.

“President Trump has been very clear all [along] since [his] campaign that he wanted to stop the killing. He wants to bring this war to an end,” Taylor told Newsmax’s “America Right Now.”

“Up until yesterday, it meant very clearly a cease-fire and then sit down and negotiate, address the longer-term issues that are going to have to be addressed sooner or later on ending the conflict. Getting to a cease-fire was very important,” he added. 

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