Ukrainian attacks inside Russia are helping push Moscow and Kyiv closer to the negotiating table, U.S.Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker said on Saturday, as President Donald Trump continues pressing Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to negotiate an end to the war.Whitaker emphasized during "The Big Weekend Show" that it would take the cooperation of both adversaries to end the war, but said Ukraine "continuing to make strong attacks on Russia...
is helping to, I think, bring the sides closer together."The ambassador cautioned that Moscow and Kyiv still remain "a long way apart" on key issues, adding that the resolution would not come through hostilities.UKRAINE STRIKES DEEP INTO RUSSIA’S ARCTIC GAS HEARTLAND AS TRUMP PUSHES PUTIN TOWARD PEACEA composite image shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (R) as peace talks continue.(Valery Sharifulin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images; Sean Gallup/Getty Images)"This conflict is not going to be resolved on the battlefield.
It's only going to [be resolved] through diplomacy and negotiation," he said."That's why President Trump and his team continue to talk to both sides to find any similarities between the positions to bring them together."ZELENSKYY TO SEEK OFFRAMP FOR YEARS-LONG RUSSIA WAR IN UN SPEECH AFTER TRUMP REVEALS PEACE DEAL IS CLOSEMatthew Whitaker, U.S.ambassador to NATO, is seen following an interview at the Bled Strategic Forum in Bled, Slovenia, on Sept.
2, 2025.(Petar Santini/Bloomberg via Getty Images)If Putin is unwilling to compromise, striking a deal will be "impossible," said Whitaker."But I think if there's a deal to be made, President Trump is a businessman, he's a dealmaker, and I think he'll make the deal."Trump said Saturday that 25,000 people were killed last month and another 32,000 the month before in the war between Ukraine and Russia.FINLAND'S STUBB CREDITS TRUMP FOR PUSHING UKRAINE PEACE TALKS WHILE DISMISSIN...