U.S. President Donald Trump said he made a “long and productive” call with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, and leaders agreed to start negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
Trump said in an article on the truth social platform that he and the Russian president “agree to get our team to start negotiations immediately” and that he will first call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky , to inform him of their conversation.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin supported Trump’s idea that it’s time to work together.
He added that the call lasted nearly an hour and a half, during which Putin invited Trump to visit Moscow.
According to AFP News, Ukrainian President later confirmed that Zelensky had received a call from Trump, which lasted for an hour.
The news was told by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to members at the NATO summit that it would be “unrealistic” to expect Ukraine to return to its borders before 2014.
