US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he spoke in a long phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which Russian President agreed to start negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
Russia began its full -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
What was the discussion on the Trump-Putin Call?
In a true social post, Trump said that he spoke not only with Ukraine with Putin, but “the Middle East, Energy, Artificial Intelligence, Dollar Power and the power of various other subjects.”
“But at first, as we both agreed, we want to stop millions of deaths in war with Russia, Ukraine,” said Trump. Official figures do not put war death in millions, although there is a danger of growth.
Trump said, “We agreed to work together, very closely, to include each other’s nations,” Trump said. “We have done a lot to start a conversation to our respective teams immediately, and we will start by calling Ukraine’s President Zelancesi, to inform them about the conversation, I am doing something right now.”
Trump said State Secretary Marco Rubio, CIA director John Ratcliffe, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and the Middle East Steve Witcoff’s special messenger would lead to the US side.
Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov confirmed the Trump-Putin call and said that Putin is ready to host the US representative in Russia to discuss the Ukrainian conflict.
Peskov said, “Putin and Trump agreed to continue personal contact, including a personal meeting,” given that Putin invited Trump to Moscow.
Zelansky says ‘meaningful’ call held with Trump
The Ukrainian Presidency later stated that there was a “meaningful” call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelanski.
Zelansky said in a post on X, “We talked about opportunities to achieve peace, discussed our readiness to work together at the team level, and Ukraine’s technical abilities – including drones and others Including advanced industries, “said in a post on X. ” Together. ”
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that regaining its territory before Ukraine 2014 is an “unrealistic objective”. Russia canceled Ukraine to the Crimean Peninsula in 2014.
Hegseth said that the US does not believe that NATO’s membership for Ukraine is a “realistic result” of an agreement to end the war.
Zelansky is expected to meet US Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference on Friday to discuss the Ukrainian conflict.