U.S. President Donald Trump is optimistic about the possibility of a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing a source in the White House.

According to the U.S. official, the American leader and his team are ready to play a constructive role in ending the conflict and to engage with both sides. Trump is optimistic about the prospects of reaching a peace deal, the source told the newspaper. The Wall Street Journal noted that the U.S. president had told Russian leader Vladimir Putin that he would like to see the conflict end.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on July 24 that the United States had apparently changed its approach to the understandings on Ukraine reached at the summit in Alaska, but that Russia would in any case fulfill its objectives.