Trump urges Zelensky and Putin to end the war before the end of the year

United States President Donald Trump urged the leaders of Ukraine and Russia, Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin, on Saturday to reach an agreement to end the war, and expressed his wish for it to happen before the "harsh winter."

"Yes. I spoke with him (Zelensky) a lot, and he agrees, and Putin also agrees. Someday, hopefully in the not-too-distant future, hopefully before the harsh winter, they will reach an agreement," he told the press when asked about the meeting he held on Tuesday in New York with the Ukrainian president.

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"I agree with Zelensky on many different issues. But you know what I want him to do? Make a deal. I want him to make a deal with Putin, and for Putin to make a deal with him," he added.

During their meeting, held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Zelensky expressed his desire to be able to end the war before the end of the year and asked for the White House occupant's help.

Following the meeting, the Ukrainian leader confirmed that his country received permission from Trump to manufacture on its own the necessary missiles for the American Patriot air defense systems, which are capable of shooting down Russian ballistic missiles.

Ukraine is suffering from a serious shortage of interceptor missiles for the Patriots its military already possesses, making it especially vulnerable to Russian air attacks against military and civilian targets on its territory.

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For his part, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denounced during a meeting with United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, also in New York, that Ukrainian attacks against Russian energy infrastructure are the cause of "the destabilization of the markets."

Since the end of June, Ukraine has attacked around thirty Russian refineries, which has greatly reduced Russia's processing and export capacity to levels not seen in more than twenty years.

Rubio commented at a subsequent press conference that Washington "will try" to get both sides to reach an agreement to stop the bombings against their respective energy infrastructures.