President Trump said he made a two-hour call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday in a tone and spirit Ukrainian War “Great”, Russia and Ukraine will “start negotiations immediately with a ceasefire”.
Mr. Trump talks with him Ukrainian President Vodimir ZelenskyThe Ukrainian president said in a social media post that Zelenskyy also called NATO leaders on the phone after Mr. Trump’s call with Putin, although the White House has not released details of the conversation yet.
The president also said Pope Leo XIV expressed interest in presiding over the negotiations and told reporters on Monday afternoon that he believed “some progress has been made.” When asked if he thought Putin wanted peace, Mr. Trump said, “I do,” asked if he believed Putin, and Mr. Trump replied, “I do.”
“I just finished my two-hour call with President Vladimir Putin, President Vladimir Putin,” Trump said in a statement. “I believe the situation is very good. Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations on a ceasefire and, more importantly, the end of the war. The conditions between these two parties can only be because they know the details of the negotiations because they know the details of the negotiations that no one else knows. The tone and spirit of the conversation are good.”
Mr. Trump also said Russia “want to trade massively with the United States at the end of this catastrophic “bloody therapy” and that “Russia has a great opportunity to create a lot of jobs and wealth.” ”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked before calling for the possibility of secondary sanctions on Russia, and although the president did not mention the sanctions in his statement, everything was on the table.
State Department spokesman Tammy Bruce said Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined Trump’s call with Putin. Rubio is in a An interview aired on Sunday On “Facing the Country with Margaret Brennan,” a breakthrough is only possible when Trump and Mr. Putin have a direct conversation.
Mr. Trump and Putin spoke last time In March.
On Saturday, Mr. Trump said he and Putin would discuss Ukraine’s “bloody shrub.” In Rome, Vice President JD Vance held his first face-to-face conversation in Zelenskyy on Sunday since the Oval Office meeting in February.
Vance told reporters on Monday that he spoke with Mr. Trump before the call and said he thought the president would tell Putin that “’The melting relationship between Russia and the rest of the world has economic benefits, but you won’t get those benefits.”
Vance said the president will impose the death of innocent people caused by Russians on Putin and told him: “So if you are willing to stop the killing, the United States is willing to be a partner of peace.”
Russia and Ukraine held low-level delegation talks in Istanbul on Friday, with White House envoy Steve Wikoff attending. According to the official delegation, the negotiations in Istanbul broke up less than two hours later, although both sides did agree to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war each.
Camilla Schick contributed to the report.
