The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said he had a “long and highly productive” call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in which they “immediately” began negotiations to end the Ukraine War.
Trump said in Truth Social that both leaders had extended invitations to “visit the nations of others”, while the US leader said he would call Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky “now” to inform him about the call.
In an extraordinary thaw in relations between Washington and Moscow, the Kremlin said separately that the call lasted an hour and a half and that Putin and Trump had agreed that “time has come to work together.”
Putin also told Trump that a “long -term agreement” of the Ukraine conflict caused by Russia’s invasion of his western neighbor was possible and invited the president of the United States to Moscow, said Kremlin.
The so-called Trump-Putin occurred after an exchange of prisoners this week that saw Moscow free the master of the United States Marc Fogel, while Washington released the kingdom of the Russian cryptocurrency Alexander Vinnik.
Trump praised the Russian president in his social position of truth, saying that Putin “even used my very strong campaign motto of” common sense. “
He said that “both agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths that take place in the war with Russia/Ukraine,” with Trump using an un confirmed figure for the toll in war.
“We agreed to work together, very closely, even visit the nations of others,” Trump said.
“We have also agreed that our respective teams begin the negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelensky, of Ukraine, to inform him about the conversation, something that I will do at this time.”
Trump said he had asked the Secretary of State for the United States, Marco Rubio, the director of the CIA, John Ratcliffe, the national security advisor Michael Waltz and his envoy of the Middle East Steve Witkoff “to lead the negotiations that I think, I believe They will succeed. “
