White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that US President Donald Trump on Monday had a positive call with Russian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Ukraine.
Zelenskyy's response came after Russia's Foreign Minister said Moscow's negotiating position would change Sergei Lavrov after alleged strikes on Putin's Novgorod region residence overnight on Monday.
According to a statement shared on Telegram by the Head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration and Regional Military Administration, Russian forces carried out seven shelling attacks on settlements in the Donetsk region overnight, killing one and injuring five.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that US President Donald Trump briefed him on a 20-point peace plan discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Zelenskyy sought long-term security guarantees and said a ceasefire and referendum would be needed as part of any peace agree
US President Donald Trump has floated the possibility of a trilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to continue peace talks amid the war in Europe, which is now in its fourth year.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said, "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange, but President Putin was very generous in his feelings toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
"We had a terrific meeting. We discussed a lot of things. As you know, I had an excellent phone call with President Putin. It lasted for over two hours. We discussed a lot of points. I do think we're getting a lot closer, maybe very close. The President and I just spoke to the European le
Speaking to reporters outside the resort, when asked whether he had set any deadline for ending the Russia-Ukraine war, Trump made it clear that he has no deadline for a peace deal this time.
"...We're in the final stages of talking. We're going to see. Otherwise, it's going to go on for a long time. It'll either end, or it's going to go on for a long time, and millions of additional people are going to be killed, and nobody wants that," Trump said.
"I just had a good and very productive telephone call with President Putin of Russia prior to my meeting, at 1:00 P.M. today, with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine," Trump wrote on Truth Social.