India, March 5 -- President Donald Trump claimed that both Ukraine and Russia are ready to come to the negotiating table to end the ongoing war, a conflict that has killed and wounded millions. He cited a letter purportedly sent by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, expressing Ukraine's willingness to negotiate a peace settlement under Trump's leadership.

"Nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians," Trump said during his 1st address to the Congress this term, reading from what he claimed was a letter from Zelensky. "My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump's strong leadership to get a peace that lasts."

"Ukraine is ready to sign it at any time that is convenient for you," Zelensky's letter reads, Trump says.

Trump...