Trump hopeful Russia and Ukraine can make a deal after temporary Easter ceasefire ends

President Donald Trump is hopeful Russia and Ukraine can make a deal this week after a temporary Easter ceasefire between the two countries ended Hopefully Russia and Ukraine will make a deal this week Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social Both will then start to do big business with the United States of America which is thriving and make a fortune The war between the two countries has raged for more than three years and has cost the lives of tens of thousands of people on both sides PUTIN ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY EASTER CEASEFIRE IN UKRAINE WARUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of developing their ceasefire agreement and explained the Russian army has violated Putin s ceasefire more than two thousand times The total number of violations by the Russian army of Russia s own ceasefire promise throughout the day reached The highest number of shellings and assaults occurred in the Pokrovsk Zelenskyy wrote Zelenskyy added that Ukraine will remain a mirror-image and will respond to silence with silence our strikes in defense of Russian strikes Actions are constantly more eloquent than words Zelenskyy reported PUTIN CONSCRIPTS K MEN AS RUSSIA EYES UKRAINE OFFENSIVEPutin ordered his forces to stop all military activity along the front line in the temporary Easter ceasefire until midnight Moscow time on Sunday Zelenskyy previously mentioned that if the Easter ceasefire really held up he would propose extending it longer That is what will reveal Russia s true intentions because hours is enough to make headlines but not for genuine confidence-building measures he noted Thirty days could give peace a chance Zelenskyy added that there is no trust in words coming from Moscow after one of his military leaders shared that Russia had seemed to break their truce We know all too well how Moscow manipulates and we are prepared for anything Ukraine s Defense Forces will act rationally responding in kind Every Russian strike will be met with an appropriate response Zelenskyy announced ZELENSKYY SENSATIONALLY PREDICTS PUTIN 'WILL DIE SOON'Rep Brian Fitzpatrick R-Pa echoed Zelenskyy and disclosed on Face the Nation on CBS that the likelihood of Russia upholding the deal is entirely up to Vladimir Putin The man has never kept his word ever in any context as far as I'm aware Fitzpatrick revealed So we have to know what we're dealing with Our authorities I hope knows who they're dealing with Vladimir Putin He's not a man of his word He's not interested in peace I hope he gets there Fitzpatrick added that he felt like Secretary of State Marco Rubio is doing a great job and understands Putin He understands the dynamic of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the history there And I have full faith in his ability to barter a just and fair agreement Fitzpatrick explained But it's vital to remember and this applies to all agreements where we facilitate as a nation that it's ultimately up to the nations to accept and abide by those conditions President Zelensky the Ukrainian people desperately want peace They've dependably yearned peace They were a peaceful nation before Russia wrongfully invaded them and they want to get it back But it has got to be a just and lasting peace he declared The temporary ceasefire came after Trump on Thursday commented an -page minerals deal will be signed with Ukraine in one week Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent later reported it would likely be signed on April Details on the agreement remain relatively unknown though contemporary reporting by Bloomberg has suggested the U S has eased back its demands for repayment for its aid in Ukraine s fight against Russia from billion to billion Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan and the Associated Press contributed to this statement