“President Trump concluded a positive conversation with Vladimir Putin regarding Ukraine,” Leavitt wrote in a one-sentence post on Platform X.
What were the topics of Trump's conversation with Putin?
What did the White House spokeswoman say about the conversation?
How did Trump react to the alleged Ukrainian drone attack?
What were Trump's previous contacts with Zelensky?
Neither the spokeswoman nor Trump himself has yet revealed details about the content of the conversation.
Vladimir Putin's adviser Sergei Ushakov said that Putin informed Trump about the alleged Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian president's residence. Trump reportedly replied that he “can't even imagine such crazy actions.” It should be noted, however, that this is only a report from the Russian side, provided by the Russian propaganda agency RIA Novosti.
— This will undoubtedly have an impact on the Americans' approach to cooperation with Zelensky, Ushakov added. Trump, in turn, was to inform Putin about the results of the talks with Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump's bizarre words about Putin and Ukraine
Already on Sunday, the US president announced during a meeting in Mar-a-Lago in Florida with the president of Ukraine that he would hold another conversation with Putin after the meeting with the Ukrainian leader. Trump and Putin also talked by phone before the American leader's meeting with Zelensky, and Trump later reported that Putin was very seriously interested in peace and that he believed in his declarations on this subject.
According to Trump, Putin also expressed his will to cooperate with Ukraine regarding the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant occupied by Russian forces, as well as to contribute to the reconstruction of Ukraine. The American president said that Putin wants Ukraine to succeed.
— Russia will help. Russia wants Ukraine to succeed. It sounds a little strange, but I explained it to President Zelensky, Trump said on Sunday. “President Putin has been very generous in his sentiments towards Ukraine's success, including providing energy, electricity and other goods at very low prices,” he added.
Meanwhile, Putin on Monday told Russian military officials to continue their offensive in the Zaporizhia Oblast in southern Ukraine and in Donbas in the east of the country.
