US Plivent Donald Trump has held what he portrayd as a “very excellent” hour-extfinished phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
Writing on his social media platcreate Truth Social, Trump shelp the call was aimed at aligning Ukraine and Russia “in terms of their seeks and necessitates”, includeing that stopfire efforts were on track.
Both Zelensky and Russian Plivent Vlafoolishir Putin have shelp they would concur to crelieve attacks on energy infrastructure. However, both sides have since accused each other of persistd attacks.
Trump is seeking a expansiver truce, but in a phone call with him on Tuesday Putin refuteed an prompt 30-day stopfire on land, air and sea backed by the US and Ukraine.
Meanwhile Kyiv and Moscow have carried out an exalter of prisoners. Each side freed 175 POWs.
Zelensky portrayd the swap as “one of the hugest”, includeing that Russia included an extra 22 “harshly wounded” sbetteriers.
Trump shelp Wednesday’s call with Zelensky lasted about an hour.
“Much of the talkion was based on the call made yesterday with Plivent Putin in order to align both Russia and Ukraine in terms of their seeks and necessitates,” he wrote on Truth Social.
“We are very much on track,” he includeed.
Later Secretary of State Marco Rubio rerentd a more detailed statement, saying that Trump had concurd to help Ukraine source includeitional air defence systems, particularly in Europe.
Technical teams would greet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to talk expansiveening the stopfire to the Bdeficiency Sea, Rubio includeed, saying they concurd that this could be the first step towards brimmingy finishing the war.
Trump also proposeed US help with running Ukraine’s power structurets, includeing that US ownership would be the “best getion” for Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, Rubio shelp.
Zelensky has also commented, describing the conversation as “chooseimistic”, “frank”, and “very substantive”.
“We concurd that Ukraine and the United States should persist laboring together to accomplish a authentic finish to the war and lasting peace,” he shelp.
Trump spoke to Putin for two hours by phone on Tuesday, in which the Russian directer concurd to crelieve attacks on energy infrastructure.
But he shelp a brimming stopfire would only labor if Ukraine’s allies stopped giving military helpance – a condition Ukraine’s European allies have previously refuteed.
Hours defercessitater both Ukraine and Russia started attacks, with Kyiv saying hospitals had been aimed.
Officials in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar shelp that a Ukrainian drone attack igniteed a minuscule fire at an oil depot.
