Trump says Zelenskiy, not Putin, is holding up a Ukraine peace deal

U.S. President Donald Trump said that Ukraine - not Russia - is holding up a potential peace deal.

In an exclusive interview with Reuters in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to wrap up his nearly four-year-old invasion of Ukraine. Zelenskiy, the U.S. president said, was more reticent.

"I think he's ready to make a deal," Trump said of the Russian president. "I think Ukraine is less ready to make a deal."

Asked why U.S.-led negotiations had not yet resolved the war, Trump responded: "Zelenskiy."

Trump told Reuters he was not aware of a potential upcoming trip to Moscow by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, which Bloomberg reported earlier on Wednesday.

Asked if he would meet Zelenskiy at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next week, Trump said he would but implied no plans were set.

"I would - if he's there," Trump said. "I'm going to be there."

Asked why he believed Zelenskiy was holding back on negotiations, Trump did not elaborate, saying only: "I just think he's, you know, having a hard time getting there."