Online Desk : Former US President Donald Trump said he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Vladimir Zelensky, to end the conflict in Ukraine.

"I don`t think in terms of winning and losing. I think in terms of getting it settled so we stop killing all these people," he said during a CNN town hall program. Trump explained that if he was president, he would resolve the conflict within 24 hours. "Russians and Ukrainians, I want them to stop dying," the politician said. "And I`ll have that done in 24 hours."

Trump added that he considered Putin to be very smart. However, in the former US president`s opinion, "Putin made a mistake" by launching the special military operation, AFP reports.

He also pointed out that it was not the time to label the Russian president a war criminal. "If you say he`s [Putin] a war criminal, it`s going to be a lot tougher to make a deal to make this thing stopped," Trump said. He also added that it was something that "should be discussed later."