Trump: « When will we put an end to this, Vladimir »
European leaders and US President Donald Trump welcomed Pope Leo XIV’s readiness to host negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in the Vatican, Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said on Monday.
| « Working to immediately start negotiations between countries that can lead to the cessation of fire as soon as possible and build conditions for fair and lasting peace in Ukraine. In this regard Prime Minister. |
Trump himself commented that « it would be great » Russia and Ukraine to negotiate for the cessation of fire in the Vatican, saying that this would add additional importance to the process.
So far, only Moscow has not ruled on the proposal, as a Kremlin spokesman said they were informed of him, but it was not discussed during the telephone conversation between Putin and Trump.
Therefore, Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Trump and Putin had been discussed personally, as well as a meeting between Putin and Zelenski.
Zelenski announced an idea for a meeting of Ukraine, Russia, the EU, the US and the UK
European Commission President Ursula von der Layen made a special statement following the conversation that reported that she, Zelenski and other European leaders had received information from President Trump about the content of his telephone conversation.
| « I want to thank President Trump for his tireless efforts to end the fire in Ukraine. It is important for the United States to remain engaged. We will continue to support Volodimir Zelenski to achieve lasting peace in Ukraine, » wrote the X von der Lyen. |
It is clear from her message that Trump has also called the presidents of France and Finland Emmanuel Macron and Alexander Stubb, German Chancellor Food Merz and Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni.
« When will we put an end to this, Vladimir? »
Speaking to reporters in the White House on Monday, Trump said he was convinced that Putin wanted to stop the war. He again confirmed that the United States would withdraw from mediation if the mission did not have a result by saying that it had set itself a « own red line » when would this happen without giving details.
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Trump also said he also retained the possibility of imposing sanctions on Russia to be negotiated, but did not make it clear that the issue was urgent.
According to Putin’s adviser, Yuri Ushakov Trump has told Putin that the Senate is ready to prepare a bill for new sanctions against Russia, but « he himself is not a supporter of sanctions, but is a supporter of reaching an agreement. »
Trump told reporters that sanctions could make things worse, but « the time may come when it will happen. »
The US head of state praised Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, calling him « a strong man who wants to stop war. » He added that he said directly to Putin, « When will we put an end to this, Vladimir? »
