Trump’s remarks came less than a day after the first direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv in years failed to yield a ceasefire. Putin had spurned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s offer to meet face-to-face in Turkey after he himself proposed negotiations in Istanbul “without preconditions” as an alternative to the “full and unconditional” ceasefire urged by Ukraine and its Western allies, including the U.S.
US President Donald Trump said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social that he will speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday about the war in Ukraine. In his post, Trump said the subject of the call will be "stopping the 'bloodbath", after which he plans to speak to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and "various members of NATO."
“HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A PRODUCTIVE DAY,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social site. This after a Russian drone hit a bus evacuating civilians from a front-line area in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region Saturday, killing nine people, Ukrainian officials said, hours after Moscow and Kyiv had held their first direct peace talks in years that failed to yield a ceasefire.
