The head of the White House noted that he discussed with the Kremlin leader the situation in the Middle East and the war in Ukraine.
“There were a lot of people on the line from our side and from his side. We talked about Ukraine – it's just an endless struggle… Obviously, then we talked about the Middle East. He [Путин] wants to be helpful… But we had a very good conversation and he wants to be very constructive,” Trump said.
According to the American president, Putin was “very impressed” by what he saw in Iran.
“No one had ever seen anything like this. You see, Iran was a very strong military state,” Trump explained.
The US President also mentioned hatred between Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.
“They can't seem to agree, but I think it was a positive conversation about it. And he [Путин] wants to be useful [на Ближнем Востоке]. I said, “You could be more helpful if you brought about an end to the war between Ukraine and Russia. That would be more useful,” Trump concluded.
In general, he called the conversation with the head of the Kremlin “very good.”
Earlier, the Kremlin announced Trump’s conversation with Putin, noting that the call was initiated by the American president.
Context
Since 2025, the United States has been negotiating with the Russian Federation and Ukraine to end the Russian-Ukrainian war, in particular, the Trump administration presented a draft “peace plan.” The first round of negotiations between the delegations of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the United States in Abu Dhabi took place on January 23 and 24. The next round is on February 4th and 5th.
On February 17-18, delegations from the United States, Ukraine and Russia held talks in Geneva, which focused on “practical issues and the mechanics of possible solutions.”
Bloomberg wrote that Russia could stop “peace negotiations” if Ukraine does not agree to cede part of the unoccupied territory of the Donetsk region.
On March 6, US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said he expected additional progress on negotiations in the coming weeks.
Ukrainian media, citing sources, wrote that a new round of trilateral negotiations between Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the United States could take place on March 11 in Istanbul, Turkey, but this information was not confirmed by the Presidential Office.
March 9 Zelensky reported that scheduled for this week The meeting of the negotiating teams of Ukraine, Russia and the United States was postponed due to the priority attention of the American side to the situation around Iran.
