Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore/CC-BY-SA-2.0Donald Trump announced he was going to have a conversation with Vladimir Putin. The president of the United States has announced that it will arrive next Monday at 10:00 U.S. time.
Information about this is available on social media. Monday morning, I'll be talking to Vladimir Putin. The subject of the conversation will be to halt this "bloody slaughter" in which on average more than 5,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers die per week, as well as trade, we read.
Trump besides announced that after talking to Putin he would contact Volodymyr Zelenski, after which they would talk to NATO leaders together. However, the president of the United States did not specify who he intended to talk to.
Non-agreement in Istanbul
On Friday, the first talks in 3 years were held in Istanbul, during which representatives of Ukraine and Russia met. Contrary to erstwhile expectations, the gathering did not bring any expected results.
The information provided by the media only shows that the delegations of both countries agreed only on the exchange of prisoners of war. It was besides agreed that another gathering would be held in the close future.
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