Trump to demand a ceasefire from Putin
Trump will speak with Putin. This will take place on Monday. He will push for a ceasefire in Ukraine.
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, focusing on halting the devastating war in Ukraine, the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II. Trump, who has positioned himself as a peacemaker, hopes to broker a ceasefire as pressure mounts on the Kremlin to end the conflict.
Trump, who said that progress on peace was unlikely until he and Putin get together, said he would speak to Putin at 10 a.m. Eastern Time (1400 GMT) on Monday. The Kremlin said preparations for a call were underway.
Peace Efforts Resume Amid Ongoing Battles
Trump, who says he wants to be remembered as a peacemaker, has repeatedly called for an end to the "bloodbath" of Ukraine, which his administration casts as a proxy war between the United States and Russia.
Under pressure from Trump, delegates from the warring countries met last week in Istanbul for the first time since March 2022, after Putin proposed direct talks and Europeans and Ukraine demanded an immediate ceasefire.
"The subjects of the call will be stopping the 'bloodbath' that is killing, on average, more than 5,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers a week, and trade," Trump wrote on his Truth Social website.
"Hopefully it will be a productive day, a ceasefire will take place, and this very violent war, a war that should have never happened, will end."