Speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, President Trump said the two agreed to “start negotiations soon” about the war in Ukraine.
Trump posted to the true society that he has “long and productive phones” with Putin. It was the first call between the two men since Trump took office. Trump said he discussed topics in Ukraine, the Middle East, energy, artificial intelligence, the dollar and other topics.
“But first, as we both agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths happening in the war with Russia/Ukraine,” Trump wrote. “President Putin even used my very powerful campaign motto: the “common sense.” We believe both very strongly. We agreed to work very closely, including visiting each other's countries. ”
Trump said the two leaders agreed to start negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine, which began about three years before Russian troops invaded the country.
Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Voldimi Zelensky on Wednesday and asked envoys of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, John Ratcliffe, national security adviser Michael Waltz and Middle East Steve Witkov to lead the negotiations. He said that.
“No more lives should be lost! President Putin would like to thank him for his time and effort in this call. Mark Fogel, the incredible man I personally welcomed at the White House yesterday. Trump wrote about the release of.
The call comes one day after the release of Mark Vogel, an American citizen who had been incarcerated in Russian for over three years. The US is set to release Alexander Vinnik, a Russian citizen who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to commit money laundering last year.
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