NEW YORK, July 28. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump is optimistic about the possibility of a peaceful settlement to the Ukrainian conflict, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a source in the White House.

According to the US official, the president and his team are ready to play a constructive role in ending the conflict and engage with both Russia and Ukraine. Trump is optimistic about the prospects for a peace deal, the source told the newspaper. The Wall Street Journal reported that the US president told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that he would like to see an end to the conflict.

On July 24, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that the US has apparently changed its approach to the understandings on Ukraine reached at the summit in Alaska, but that Russia will fulfill its goals in any case.