Trump confirms phones calls with Putin and Zelensky
The phone calls come after Putin no-showed peace talks over Ukraine in Turkey
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Days after Russian leader Vladimir Putin no-showed a peace summit in Turkey, President Donald Trump confirmed that he would speak to both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump posted on his TruthSocial platform that separate phone calls will take place on Monday and will cover both the war in Ukraine and trade.
âI will be speaking, by telephone, to President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Monday at 10am. The subjects of the call will be stopping the âbloodbathâ that is killing, on average, more than 5000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers a week, and trade,â Trump wrote.
âI will then be speaking to President Zelensky of Ukraine and then, with President Zelensky, various members of Nato. Hopefully it will be a productive day. A ceasefire will take place, and this very violent war, a war that should have never happened, will end. God bless us all!!!â
The original message was typed in all caps.
President Donald Trump has confirmed that he will speak to both Putin and Zelensky on Monday (AP)Trump alluded to speaking with Putin during his four-day trip to the Middle East.
âI think itâs time for us to just do it,â Trump told reporters as he wrapped up his visit.
Trump later told reporters after boarding Air Force One to begin the journey back to Washington that he may call Putin soon.
âHe and I will meet, and I think weâll solve it or maybe not,â Trump said. âAt least weâll know. And if we donât solve it, itâll be very interesting.â
Trump reiterated that he wasnât surprised that Putin skipped out on the talks set for Friday in Turkey. Putin didnât want to go because heâs not there, Trump said.
The Republican president added that he would hold a meeting with Putin âas soon as we can set it up.â
âI would actually leave here and go,â said Trump, who noted his daughter Tiffany just gave birth to her first child. âI do want to see my beautiful grandson.â
Zelensky agreed to take part in the talks as Trump pressed for the leaders to find a solution to the war, ongoing since Russiaâs February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. But Putin spurned the call to meet face to face with Zelensyy.
Trump has pressed both sides to quickly come to a war-ending agreement. Zelensky has agreed to an American plan for an initial 30-day halt to hostilities, but Russia has not signed on and has continued to strike at targets inside Ukraine.
Still, Russia and Ukraine were holding their first direct peace talks in three years Friday, gathering in Istanbul for negotiations. Officials and observers expect them to yield little immediate progress on stopping the war that has been going on for more than three years.
âHe didnât go, and I understand that,â Trump said. âWeâre going to get it done. We got to get it done. Five thousand young people are being killed every single week on average, and weâre going to get it done.â
Trump on Thursday told reporters that a meeting between himself and Putin was crucial to breaking the deadlock.
âI donât believe anythingâs going to happen, whether you like it or not, until he and I get together,â Trump said. âBut weâre going to have to get it solved because too many people are dying.â
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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