US President Donald Trump said Monday he was “thinking” of flying to Turkey for possible talks this week between Ukraine and Russia over the ongoing war.

“I was thinking about actually flying over there. There’s a possibility of it, I guess, if I think things can happen,” Trump told journalists at the White House prior to departing for a trip to the Middle East.

“I think you may have a good result out of the Thursday meeting in Turkey between Russia and Ukraine, and I believe the two leaders were going to be there,” he said.

Asked if he would sanction Russia if President Vladimir Putin does not agree to a 30-day ceasefire, Trump said: “I have a feeling they’re going to agree. I do. I have a feeling.”

The US State Department said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had spoken Monday with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan and thanked Turkey for “hosting and facilitating Russian and Ukraine direct negotiations.”

Rubio, who is accompanying Trump on the Middle East visit, “welcomed the possibility of an immediate ceasefire,” the State Department said.

The prospect of direct Russia-Ukraine talks on ending the war — the first since the early months of Moscow’s 2022 invasion — has been welcomed by Washington and across Europe.

Tens of thousands have been killed and millions forced to flee their homes since Russia invaded Ukraine, while its army now controls around one-fifth of the country — including the Crimean Peninsula, annexed in 2014.

The State Department said Rubio and Fidan had also discussed the upcoming meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Antalya, Turkey.

Rubio is set to attend the meeting on Thursday, with the Ukraine war and preparations for a June NATO summit in the Netherlands expected to be on the agenda.

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