— The difference is that in the case of Putin you gotta have interpreters, and that takes forever. Zelenski speaks fluent English, so he can communicate straight with Trump and everything goes quickly, explains Rubio.
In fact, the Russian president speaks English, but does not usage this language during authoritative meetings.
Donald Trump spoke to Putin and Zelenski
President Trump made 2 telephone calls on Wednesday, first with the president of Russia and then with the president of Ukraine. The first was over an hour, the second was 45 minutes.
Donald Trump then admitted that both Putin and Zelenski expressed their desire to prosecute peace. In response, he ordered the highest ranking U.S. officials to open negotiations on the end of the war in Ukraine.
On the same day, U.S. Defence Minister Pete Hegseth, at a gathering of NATO defence Ministers in Brussels, stated that Ukraine's return to its pre-2014 borders was "an unrealistic objective".
