Trump said in his latest phone call with Putin on April 29 that a deal on resolving the Ukraine conflict was close MOSCOW, May 3. /TASS/. Russia would prefer to achieve its goals in Ukraine through a peace agreement but if Kiev is unwilling to do so, Moscow will pursue its objectives through the special military operation, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TV reporter Pavel Zarubin. "We would prefer to achieve our goals through a deal, a peace agreement. However, if the Kiev regime is