Trump says peace talks between Russia and Ukraine to begin soon after 2-hour phone call with Putin

 

 

New York: US President Donald Trump announced that peace talks between Russia and Ukraine will begin soon after a two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump explained that the talks are an important step towards ending the war and that the terms of the talks will be determined by the two countries. This is the third phone call with Putin on the subject this year.

Putin said that the talks to end the war are on the right track and that he is ready to work with Ukraine to draft a peace agreement, and that Putin thanked Trump for taking the initiative to start the talks, according to international media reports. Zelensky responded after Trump's announcement that this is a crucial moment.

Trump has explained that Putin is ready to start the talks. Trump announced that bilateral talks between Russia and Ukraine would begin soon, following a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgi Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Finnish President Alexander Stubbs. Trump said Russia was positive about the phone call, but did not elaborate on what it was.