U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "destroying Russia" by refusing to negotiate an end to the war with Ukraine. "He should make a deal. I think he's destroying Russia by not making a deal,

I think he should make a deal,” U.S. president says about the Kremlin chief. The war “is not making him look good.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country was open to dialogue with the new Trump administration on the conflict in Ukraine, as he welcomed what he said was the president-elect's attitude toward preventing a third world war.