Trump hopes for progress in armistice when calling with Putin and Zelenskyy

Washington (AP) – President Donald Trump hopes that separate calls on Monday with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a ceasefire in the War in Ukraine.

Trump expressed his hopes for a “productive day” and a ceasefire in a social media contribution over the weekend. His efforts will also include calls from NATO leaders.

Trump had trouble ending a war that started with the invasion of Russia in February 2022, and which made these talks a serious test for his reputation as a dealmaker after he had said he would do it regulate the conflict quickly As soon as he was back in the White House, if he did not take office before he took office.

The Republican President is committed to the idea that his person will be sufficient for personality and personal history with Putin to break every dead end because of a break in the fight.

“His sensitivity is that he has to make calls with President Putin, and that will educate part of the logjam and bring us to the place we have to get,” said Trump's Messenger Steve Witkoff. “I think it will be a very successful call.”

Nevertheless, there are fears that Trump has an affinity with Putin that disadvantages Ukraine with all agreements developed by the US government.

Bridget Brink She said that she had resigned as a US ambassador to Ukraine last month, “because politics has been to put pressure on the victims of the victims since the beginning of the administration than on the attacker, Russia.”

Brink said the sign that she had to leave was an Oval Office meeting in February, where Trump and his team openly insulted Zelenskyy Because they are not sufficiently respectful to them.

“I think peace is not peace at all at all price,” said Brink. “It is appeasement and as we know from history, appeasement only leads to more war.”

Trump's frustration over the war had launched the upcoming calls on Saturday, which he said on Monday at 10 a.m. with Putin.

Trump said his discussion with Putin would concentrate on stopping the “bloodbath” of the war. It will also cover the trade, a sign that Trump may want to use financial incentives to convey a kind of agreement after the invasion of Russia has led to serious sanctions by the United States and its allies, which have steadily undermined the growth forces of the moscowers.

According to the post office, Trump's hope is that “a war that should never have happened will end.”

His finance minister Scott Bessent said on Sunday about NBC's “Meet the Press” that Trump had made it clear that Putin's failure could negotiate “in good faith”, to additional sanctions against Russia.

Bessent suggested that the sanctions that began during the administration of democratic president Joe Biden were inadequate because they did not stop the oil income in Russia, because this would consider that this would increase the US prices. The United States tried to limit the oil income of Russia and at the same time maintain the country's oil sports in order to limit the damage caused by inflation that the war created.

Putin recently declined an offer from Zelenskyy Meet personally in Turkey As an alternative to a 30-day ceasefire, which was asked by Ukraine and its western allies, including Washington.

These talks ended on Friday after less than two hours without an armistice. Nevertheless, both countries undertook to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war each, with the Ukraine secret service chief, Kyrylo Budanov, said on Saturday on Ukrainian television that the stock exchanges could take place this week.

While he ended his four -day trip to the Middle East, Trump said on Friday This Putin hadn't gone to Turkey because Trump wasn't there.

“He and I will meet, and I think we'll solve it or maybe not,” said Trump to report after we Air Force One. “At least we will know. And if we don't solve it, it will be very interesting.”

Zelenskyy met on Sunday with Trump's Vice President JD Vance and the top diplomat, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio in Rome and in European leaders and strengthened his efforts before Monday.

The Ukrainian President said on the social media website X that they discussed negotiations in Turkey during his conversations with the American officials and that “the Russians sent a low delegation of non-decision-makers”. He also said that he emphasized that Ukraine was busy with “real diplomacy” to have an armistice.

“We also addressed the need for sanctions against Russia, bilateral trade, defense cooperation, battlefield situation and upcoming prisoner exchange,” said Zelenskyy. “Pressure against Russia is required until they strive to stop the war.”

The German government said that Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the French, British and Italian leaders spoke to Trump on Sunday about the situation in Ukraine and his upcoming call with Putin. A brief explanation did not state any details about the conversation, but the plan should continue the exchange immediately after calling Trump-Putin.

In a post on X about the conversation, French President Emmanuel Macron said that Putin “has to prove on Monday that he wants to peace by accepting the 30-day unconditional ceasefire, which is proposed by President Trump and supported by Ukraine and Europe.”

The thrust came when the Kremlin started its biggest drone against Ukraine since the beginning of the full invasion in 2022 and fired a total of 273 exploding drones and decoys, said Ukraine's Air Force on Sunday. The attacks were aimed at the country, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk of the country.

Witkoff spoke on ABCS “this week” on Sunday and Brink was released in CBS 'Face the Nation “.