Donald Trump says he had a "lengthy and highly productive" phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which led to the pair agreeing that negotiations to end the war in Ukraine would begin "immediately", APA reports citing BBC.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, the US president says they both agreed that "we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the War with Russia/Ukraine".
He explains the pair agreed to work together closely, including mutual visits to their respective nations.
"We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now," Trump adds.
He also explains that he has instructed a team, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to lead the negotiations.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday about starting negotiations immediately to end the war in Ukraine APA reports citing Reuters.
"We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskiy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now," Trump said in a post on his social media platform.
The Kremlin said Putin and Trump had spoken for nearly an hour and a half by telephone and that the two men had agreed to meet.
Trump has long said he would quickly end the war in Ukraine, without saying how he would accomplish this.
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