And his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have spoken on Wednesday and have agreed to initiate conversations to achieve the end of the, as the US president has revealed in a message in Truth, his social network. “It is something that we both agree, we want to stop the millions of deaths that occur in the Russian-Ukraine War,” said the US President, who indicates that in the course of these negotiations both leaders could even visit the respective countries. A little later, he revealed that he has also spoken with President Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski. Both Moscow and kyiv have confirmed telephone calls.
These contacts are that Trump maintains with both leaders since he assumed power in the White House. The Republican promised to resolve the conflict that is about to turn three years.
“We have agreed to collaborate very closely, even visiting our respective nations. We have also agreed that our respective teams begin negotiations immediately, ”said Trump. Shortly after, he said that Friday will meet with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. “The conversation went very well. He [por Zelenski] as President Putin. We talk about a series of matters related to war, especially that meeting. I hope your results are positive. It is time to stop this ridiculous war, where there has been destruction and massive and unnecessary deaths, ”he said.
In the American negotiation team, Trump has advanced in his messages in Truth, the blond himself will be included; the director of the CIA, John Ratcliffe; National Security Minister Michael Waltz, and Trump’s special envoy for negotiations, Steve Witkoff. “I think this effort will lead to a very prompt conclusion!” Trump points out of a conversation that describes as “long and enormously productive.”
In it, according to the US President, they have also addressed the situation in the Middle East, Energy Affairs, Artificial Intelligence, “The Power of the Dollar” and other matters.
In Moscow, the Kremlin said that the two leaders have spoken for an hour and a half and have agreed to meet. With terms almost identical to the employees by Trump, the spokesman for Putin, Dmitri Peskov, has confirmed that both leaders had a “long and productive” conversation and Putin has invited Trump to Moscow. “The Russian president supported one of the main thesis of the US head of state: the time has come for our countries to collaborate together,” added the Russian presidential office.
Regarding the content of that contact, the Kremlin has assured that President Trump “spoke in favor of a -In Ukraine – and a peaceful solution of the problem.” Putin, meanwhile, insisted on facing “the deep causes” of war. “A long -term solution can be achieved through peaceful negotiations,” added the Russian president.
In addition to the resolution of the Ukraine conflict, both presidents approached, according to the Kremlin “La Paz in the Middle East, the Iranian nuclear program and Russian-American Bilateral Relations in the economic field.”
From kyiv, the president’s office has confirmed that Zelenski has spoken for an hour with Trump, not only about the content of the dialogue that the US leader has maintained with Putin. “We have spoken extensively about the possibilities to achieve peace, that we are ready to work together at the level of teams, and of the technological abilities Ukraine in drones and other advanced industries,” Zelenski explained in a statement in the social network X, Cristian Segura reports. “Let’s do it,” concludes the Ukrainian leader.
I had a meaningful conversation with . We long talked about opportunities to achieve peace, discussed our readiness to work together at the team level, and Ukraine’s technological capabilities—including drones and other advanced industries. I am grateful to President Trump…
– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@zelenskyyua)
“Nobody wants peace more than Ukraine. We are drawing next to the US the next steps to stop the Russian aggression and guarantee a safe and lasting peace, ”said the Ukrainian Head of State, who has avoided assessing the favorable positions to Russia that Trump and other members of his government have shown On numerous occasions.
Zelenski has insisted on Wednesday, in an interview in The Economist, In that, without the participation of Ukraine, there is no sense to open negotiations to close the conflict. The Ukrainian president has stressed that Putin’s goal is to continue the war and that only strong security guarantees for Ukraine by his allies can be forced to the Russian side to accept peace.
The telephone conversation arrives after Trump has repeatedly reiterated his desire to end a war that has cost “millions” of lives and is about to turn three years at the end of this month. The Republican, who likes to affirm that the conflict would not have exploded if he had been president at that time, he said during his campaign that he would put an end to the crisis “in 24 hours” by forcing Zelenski and Putin to sit at the table of talks. This weekend he revealed that he had been in contact with the Russian president, although he did not want to reveal how many occasions they had spoken, at what exact moment or the content of his conversations.
Before transcending these conversations, the US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, had already given a brushstroke of the new US vision about the war on European soil. Hegseth declared in Brussels that when Russia occupied Crimea. He also ruled out that kyiv can receive an entry offer in NATO as part of the negotiations. Being part of the Atlantic Alliance is the main demand of kyiv among the security guarantees that it considers necessary. Zelenski has not specified if in his telephone conversation with Trump these approaches have been addressed contrary to Ukrainian interests.
As a clue also that the road paved, on Tuesday, Russia had released the American teacher Mark Folger, 63, sentenced to 14 years in prison in that country for drug trafficking in 2021 after 17 grams of Marijuana, which his family assures that they had been prescribed for medical use against back pain. In return, the United States will release the Russian Alexander Vinnik, who last year declared blanqueo of money.
“I want to thank President Putin for his time and effort regarding this call and for the liberation of Mark Fogel,” Trump said in his message on social networks.
To Fogel’s release can be added to others: this Wednesday, Trump’s envoy for the release of Hostages, Adam Bohler, told the CBS chain that Washington expects the short delivery of three prisoners held in Belarus. Of these, a person has American nationality and does not want to be identified. The remaining two, of which one is a journalist from the radio liberty station, have other passports.
Hours before Trump revealed the conversation, Russian Foreign Minister, Serguéi Lavrov, hinted that there will be harmed by the negotiations to two bands between Moscow and Washington. “Do you think everyone awaits [la llamada]? I do not believe it, ”the diplomat told a journalist, to which he added:” There are those who believe that any contact between Moscow and Washington attentively attentive against their interests. “
The largest companies in Russia pointed great climbs on the Moscow Stock Exchange when the call was known. Spoken by US sanctions since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, investors bet on a withdrawal, at least partial, of these measures. The quoted part of the Gazprom state gasist was revalued 8%, while the largest Russian bank, Sberbank, signaled 4%. Aeroflot, which today cannibals its airplanes due to the lack of spare parts, was scored for more than 3%.
