Putin may have signalled to Trump he’s ready for Ukraine deal according to exiled Russian oligarch

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00:00I get the impression that Putin has sent Trump a signal that he is ready for a deal.

00:10Well, however absurd it might sound, we are talking about the Donbass, I think.

00:15Putin wants to get the whole of the Donbass, those parts of it that he hasn't occupied yet.

00:22I mean, it might not be such a stupid idea as simply getting several thousand square kilometers,

00:27which in fact means nothing for Russia.

00:30Given its size, I think what he might actually be thinking of is this kind of deal would destabilize the situation in Ukraine.

00:37So really, it all depends on how Zelensky, Trump and the European allies of Ukraine deal with this situation.