Washington – President Trump and President Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke on Wednesday morning on a call that lasted about an hour, according to Mr. Trump.
« I just completed a very good telephone call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, » the President write About social truth. « It lasted about an hour. Much of the discussion was based on the call yesterday with President Putin to align both Russia and Ukraine in terms of his applications and needs. »
The call comes one day after Mr. Trump’s long call with President Russian Vladimir Putin, in which Mr. Trump said Putin agreed to a 30 -day fire at Ukraine’s energy and infrastructure. The commitment was reduced to the cessation of the United States’ full fire and accepted Ukraine. Hours after Mr. Trump and Putin hung, Russia launched a series of drone strikes This hit the civilian areas and damaged a hospital.
National Security Minister Mike Waltz and Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said in a joint statement that Mr. Trump « completely reported » Zelenskyy in the call with Putin, and Mr. Trump and Zelenskyy « agreed to share information closely among his defense staff as the battlefield situation evolved. » Zelenskyy, they said the two, requested additional air defense systems and Mr. Trump « agreed to work with him to find what he was available, especially in Europe. »
Waltz and Rubio also said that Mr. Trump suggested that the United States could take property and lead Ukraine nuclear power plants. « The north -American property of these plants would be the best protection for this infrastructure and support for Ukrainian energy infrastructure, » his statement said.
Zelenskyy, on the other hand, said that he had a « positive, very substantive and frank conversation with the President of the United States Donald Trump » and « thanked him for a good start and productive start for the work of the Ukrainian and North -American in Jeddah. »
Zelenskyy said on Tuesday night that « only a real stoppage of Russia’s attacks on civil infrastructure can indicate a real desire to end this war and bring peace closer. »
Wednesday call is the first known conversation between Mr. Trump and Zelenskyy Oval office disastrous meeting Last month, it led North -Americans to tell Ukrainians to leave the White House soon.
Trump has repeatedly said that he believes Putin wants peace, with little evidence to support this claim, three years after Putin is launching a large -scale invasion of Ukraine.
On Wednesday, special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said that Putin operates « good faith » and that the Russian leader issued an order after his call with Mr. Trump directing Russian forces not to attack the Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
Zelenskyy has expressed skepticism towards the idea that Putin wants peace.
« We are skeptical when relying on the Russians, » Zelenskyy said on Tuesday. « There is no confidence in Putin. That is why I say we have to understand how it will work technically because it will not depend only on his desire. This is. »
National Security Minister Mike Waltz said that « technical teams » are heading to Saudi Arabia on Monday to try to eliminate the cessation terms.
« Today I talked to my Russian counterpart Yuri Ushakov about President Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine, » Waltz wrote Ax. « We agreed that our technical teams would meet Riyad in the coming days to focus on the implementation and extension of the President of Partial cessation that Trump obtained from Russia. »
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