Intensive negotiations are underway to end the war in Ukraine. The talks focus on a new peace plan that includes, among others: stopping the fighting on the current front line and establishing a special peace council chaired by the United States. Despite optimistic declarations about the possibility of reaching an agreement in the coming weeks, the key obstacles remain divergent positions on the security guarantee for Kiev and the tough conditions set by Moscow.
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Donald Trump talked to Vladimir Putin. How is the White House reporting this?
The White House announced that US President Donald Trump had a “positive” telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine on Monday. A short report on this event was presented by spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt on the X platform.
It was already there second phone call between the leaders over the course of two days, following their earlier discussion ahead of Donald Trump's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida on Sunday.
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After meeting with the President of Ukraine, Donald Trump stated that significant progress had been made towards ending the Russian-Ukrainian war. He added that the remaining elements of the peace plan could be finalized within “a few weeks” if talks proceed smoothly.
Donald Trump talked to Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin talks about shock
We learn more about Donald Trump's latest conversation with Vladimir Putin from Russia's message. “President Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump on Monday that Russia would review its position in peace negotiations after what Moscow said was a Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian presidential residence“- reports Reuters.
The agency emphasizes that Ukraine has rejected Russia's accusations that 91 drones attacked Putin's residence in northern Russia as a lie and blamed Moscow — which has not yet provided evidence to support its claims — of trying to undermine the peace talks.
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According to a Russian official quoted by Reuters, Donald Trump was shockedwhen Vladimir Putin told him that Ukraine had attacked the presidential residence in Novgorod.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier that the claim about a Ukrainian attack on Putin's residence was “completely fabricated information intended to justify further attacks on Ukraine, including Kiev, as well as Russia's refusal to take the necessary steps to end the war“.
