{"id":2614336,"date":"2026-06-15T16:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-plans-to-focus-on-ending-ukraine-war-after-iran-peace-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T16:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:37:31","slug":"trump-plans-to-focus-on-ending-ukraine-war-after-iran-peace-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-plans-to-focus-on-ending-ukraine-war-after-iran-peace-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump plans to &#8216;focus&#8217; on ending Ukraine war after Iran peace deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-plans-to-focus-on-ending-ukraine-war-after-iran-peace-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2614336&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President donald Trump plans to shift his focus to ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine after finalizing a peace deal with Iran. During the G7 summit in France, Trump mentioned having productive conversations with Ukrainian President Zelensky and Russian President Putin, indicating there may be room for diplomacy. Zelensky has repeatedly offered to meet with Putin to negotiate peace, but Russia has rejected such proposals, demanding control over parts of Ukraine and neutrality. Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to suffer from Russian attacks, including a recent bombing in Kyiv that damaged a historic church. Putin praised Trump during their discussions, and Russia has made extensive demands for ending the conflict.U.S. officials, like Secretary of State Marco Rubio, acknowledged that prospects for a fast resolution are bleak due to mutual reluctance to make concessions, emphasizing that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-alone-among-p5-at-the-one-place-where-the-world-comes-together\/\" title=\"Biden stands out among P5 at &#039;the global gathering spot&#039;.\">diplomatic solution remains<\/a> the only viable path to peace.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump is already planning his next \u201cfocus\u201d after his administration <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4609002\/trump-g7-iran-mou\/\">formalizes its peace deal with Iran<\/a> later this week, revisiting one of his most aggravating goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president, who is expected to finalize his memorandum of understanding with Tehran on Friday, said Monday that ending the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia-ukraine-war\/\">Russian invasion of Ukraine<\/a> will be his next project. He made the remark during a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4607654\/trump-emmanuel-macron-g7-foreign-policy\/\">sit-down with President Emmanuel Macron<\/a> at the G7 summit in France.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4609413\/devil-iran-nuclear-details-guy-benson\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>The devil is in the Iran nuclear details: Guy Benson<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4608701\/israeli-leaders-refuse-support-us-iran-peace-deal-hezbollah\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Israeli leaders refuse to support US-Iran peace deal, say they must be allowed to continue \u2018dismantling\u2019 Hezbollah<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4608648\/watch-live-world-leaders-meet-g7-summit-france\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: World leaders meet at G7 Summit in France<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had a very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-macron-play-nice-at-g7-despite-tension\/\" title=\"Trump and Macron play nice at G7 despite tension\">good conversation yesterday<\/a> with President [Volodymyr] Zelensky and President [Vladimir] Putin, and I see maybe we can do something \u2014 I really do,\u201d Trump told reporters. \u201cI think they\u2019re both open to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. President Donald Trump during the official arrivals ceremony for the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo\/Thibault Camus)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president indicated that he has spoken independently with the two world leaders and found greater openness to a compromise than during previous attempts at peace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow that this [Iran campaign] is finished, we\u2019re going to be focusing on that \u2014 see if we can get that one done,\u201d\u00a0Trump said. \u201cTwenty-five thousand people a month are dying, mostly soldiers, and that shouldn\u2019t happen. I had two very good conversations yesterday. We\u2019ll be talking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Negotiations between the two Eastern European countries have been at a gridlock for over a year at this point, as Russian territorial gains have slowed to a bloody crawl. The front lines have turned into a proverbial meat grinder of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cutting-edge drone warfare<\/a> and precision strikes. Ukrainian casualties have been markedly lower than its adversaries, but the smaller population has required mass mobilization of all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-ukraine-receive-the-miracle-it-needs-to-drive-russias-military-out-of-kherson\/\" title=\"Will ... Receive The Miracle It Needs To Drive ...\u2019s Military Out Of Kherson?\">military-aged men<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, Russia has ramped up attacks on civilian centers usually considered off-limits in wartime, such as a 1,000-year-old cathedral and monastery complex in Kyiv that was bombed Sunday night, killing three people. Firefighters struggled to contain the blaze, and Zelensky <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4608533\/volodymyr-zelensky-russian-attack-damaged-old-church\/\">decried the attack<\/a> as \u201cone of Russia\u2019s most serious crimes against Christian culture to date.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelensky, who has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4595800\/zelensky-full-ceasefire-meeting-putin-open-letter\/\">repeatedly offered Putin<\/a> to \u201cmeet anywhere where real decisions to end the war could be made,\u201d said Monday he previously approached the United States and France about the possibility of meeting the Russian president at the G7. The Kremlin was not interested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYesterday, we discussed with President Trump that such a meeting could be organized in the U.S. \u2014 in a format where Putin would find it much harder to refuse at least to President Trump,\u201d the Ukrainian leader said Monday. \u201cWe will see what comes of it. If Russia refuses this chance as well, additional pressure will be needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin adviser Yuri Ushakov said the Russian president told Trump he was \u201ccertain that together we could truly give Russian-American relations a new quality, and also do much to ensure security and stability on the world stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Accompanied by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, center, left, and Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, enters the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, which was damaged in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-claims-putin-targeted-in-ukraine-attack-on-kremlin\/\" title=\"Kremlin attack in ... targets ..., says ....\">overnight drone attack<\/a> in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/14\/trump-putin-call-ukraine-russia-iran-war\">lavished Trump with praise<\/a> during the nearly hourlong conversation, calling him a \u201cbright, remarkable person and politician,\u201d according to Russian news outlets. He additionally celebrated the \u201cmutual understanding between us, which allows us to discuss \u2026 even the most complex issues on the bilateral and international agenda openly and frankly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4608533\/volodymyr-zelensky-russian-attack-damaged-old-church\/\">ZELENSKY LAMENTS RUSSIAN ATTACK THAT DAMAGED 1,000-YEAR-OLD CHURCH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia\u2019s list of demands for a hypothetical end to the war is long and filled with nonnegotiables for Zelensky and his government. The Kremlin demands total control over the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, as well as limits on the size of the Ukrainian military.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, it demands Kyiv adopt a position of total neutrality \u2014 abandoning attempts to join the European Union and NATO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4592927\/prospects-russia-ukraine-deal-rubio-putin-zelensky\/\">admitted at a House Foreign Affairs Committee\u00a0hearing<\/a> earlier this month that \u201cthe prospects don\u2019t look great that either side is prepared to make the concessions necessary in order to reach an agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNeither side has been willing to make concessions \u2014 particularly on the Russian side \u2014 necessary in order to bring peace about,\u201d Rubio told lawmakers. \u201cWe remain ready to play any role we can in that context of bringing a peace about, because we think the war in Ukraine \u2014 devastating war \u2014 has no military solution. It can only be solved through a diplomatic route, and it\u2019s been unfruitful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump plans Ukraine peace after Iran deal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2614337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26166650338883-e1781554720939.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32402,3823,39846,3634,6991],"class_list":["post-2614336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-international-relations","tag-iran","tag-peace-deal","tag-trump","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26166650338883-e1781554720939.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2614336"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2614340,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614336\/revisions\/2614340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2614337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2614336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2614336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2614336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}