U.S. President Donald Trump looks connected adjacent to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a property league pursuing their gathering to negociate an extremity to the warfare successful Ukraine, astatine Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, successful Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025.
Kevin Lamarque | Reuters
President Donald Trump connected Sunday said that helium had a "very productive" telephone telephone with Russian leader Vladimir Putin as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was scheduled to get astatine Mar-a-Lago successful U.S. President Donald Trump's latest effort to extremity the warfare betwixt the 2 countries.
"I conscionable had a bully and precise productive telephone telephone with President Putin of Russia anterior to my meeting, astatine 1:00 PM today, with President Zelenskyy," Trump said successful a Truth Social post.
The high-stakes conversations travel astatine a cardinal infinitesimal successful efforts to extremity astir 4 years of warfare initiated erstwhile Russia invaded Ukraine successful aboriginal 2022. Zelenskyy, who arrived successful Florida aboriginal Sunday, has said the 2 leaders program to speech astir economical and information agreements and the "territorial issues" that stay large sticking points betwixt Russia and Ukraine.
While Zelenskyy told reporters this week that a 20-point bid connection is astir 90% ready, it's unclear if the result of the bid talks would beryllium acceptable to Putin.
Moscow has reportedly made advances connected the battlefield successful caller months, claiming power implicit much regions of eastbound Ukraine, and their officials person repeatedly insisted that Ukraine springiness up each of the Donbas, adjacent parts that are inactive nether Kyiv's control.
Russia deed Ukraine's superior and different parts of the state with hundreds of missiles and drones connected Saturday, knocking retired powerfulness and vigor successful parts of the capital, according to Reuters. Zelenskyy called it Russia's effect to the U.S.-brokered bid efforts.
Earlier Sunday, a Kremlin authoritative said that the U.S. and Russian leaders were aligned successful opposing a impermanent ceasefire amid talks and hinted that Ukraine needed to marque a "bold decision" regarding the Donbas portion for the warfare to end.
"The main happening is that the presidents of Russia and the United States clasp akin views that the enactment of a impermanent ceasefire projected by the Ukrainians and the Europeans nether the pretext of preparing for a referendum oregon nether different pretexts lone leads to a prolongation of the conflict," Yuri Ushakov, a Kremlin overseas argumentation aide, told Reuters.
In his Truth Social post, Trump said his gathering with Zelenskyy would beryllium held successful the main eating country astatine his Mar-a-Lago resort, with media present.
In February, a meeting betwixt Trump and Zelenskyy implicit imaginable mineral deals betwixt the countries devolved into a nationalist spectacle, with Trump and Vice President JD Vance accusing Zelenskyy of being "disrespectful" to the U.S. president.
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