President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak on Monday with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, while the US President said it was an attempt to stop the “bloodbath” of the war in Ukraine.
Trump said that the invitation would take place at 10 am – although he did not specify whether this was in the east day or another time. The US president said he would also speak with Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski, as well as NATO members.
Before Trump’s expected call, leaders from Britain, France, Germany and Italy said that they had spoken on Sunday with Trump. The British government said in a statement that it is urging “Putin to take peace talks seriously.”
The statement said that these leaders “also discussed the use of sanctions if Russia fails to participate seriously in the ceasefire talks.”
“Tomorrow, President Putin must show that he wants peace by accepting an unconditional ceasefire for a period of 30 days that President Trump proposed and supported by Ukraine and Europe,” French President Emmanuel Macron said in a statement.
While diplomatic activity continues, violence continues in Ukraine. Russia continued its attacks close to drones and missiles on Ukrainian civilians, after more than three years of launching a large -scale invasion and tried to seize Kiev.
On Sunday, Russia bombed residential neighborhoods in the eastern city of Jiusson, Ukrainian, killing a 75 -year -old woman and wounding two others, the city council was published on the TELGRAM correspondence.
Trump said in a social publication on Saturday that he will speak with Putin at 10 am on Monday with the goal of “stopping the” bloodbath “, which is killed, on average, more than 5,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers per week. NBC News has not independently achieved the numbers that Trump cited.
Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed to Russian government media that the invitation will take place.
It is clear that both to all his planned calls with Putin and his conversations associated with Zelinski and other European leaders, Trump added that “we hope it will be a fruitful day, a ceasefire will happen, and this very violent war will end, a war that should never have occurred.”
Despite the promises of multiple occasions to end the war within 24 hours, Trump has since found reality since he started his second term in his position.
The negotiations in which the United States mediated witnessed that Russia and Ukrainian delegations met personally in Istanbul, Türkiye, last week for the first time since the first days of the war.
However, the demands of the two sides remain far away: Russia says it will only sign the truce if Ukraine surrenders effectively. Ukraine says these demands are unacceptable.
