Putin is going to offer concessions to Ukraine, says Trump

Well, here is a turn of events. Someone has been talking to Putin, either Trump or one of his envoys, and the Russian leader has apparently suggested that he is prepared to be kinda nice to Zelensky. I simply don't believe it. Is Trump really hinting that Putin who by the way is continuing to kill and maim in Ukraine right now, is going to give back some of the territory his troops have seized in order to forge a peace deal? Really? That would be against everything Putin has ever said in the last three years. He believes he is winning on the battlefield at the moment, so what could Trump or Zelensky offer him in retun if he gives up a square mile of seized territory? Trump is extraordinary. He loves to have these little chats in the Oval Office with selected reporters and hints at all kinds of things going on but never really gives anything away. He just says it will be beautiful whatever it is. What it does seem to suggest is that there is a helluva lot going on behind the scenes in phone calls and meetings which at some stage might bear fruit. Beautiful fruit, as Trump would say. Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine carries on unabated, thanks to Putin's rockets, missiles and drones. It's a cruel and tragic business.