President Trump said he didn’t bring up his Easter plea to halt attacks on Ukraine during a phone call Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In a post on Truth Social at the time, Trump posted “Vladimir, STOP!” after a particularly devastating attack in which Russian missile strikes against Kyiv killed a dozen civilians and injured scores more.

“No, I didn’t bring that up,” Trump said when asked by a reporter about the president’s specific appeal to Putin. “But I did say it’s time, you got to stop this thing, and I believe he wants to stop.”

Putin has rebuffed attempts by the U.S. and Europe to broker a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine. Trump on Monday instead backed the Kremlin’s idea of beginning negotiations on a memorandum to end........

© The Hill