Russia-Ukraine war: U.S. President Donald Trump hopes for ceasefire progress in calls with Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
The Hindu
Trump seeks ceasefire in Ukraine through calls with Putin and Zelenskyy, facing challenges due to his relationship with Russia.
U.S. President Donald Trump is hoping that separate phone calls on Monday (May 19, 2025) with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would make progress toward a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine.
Mr. Trump expressed his hopes for a “productive day” Monday (May 19, 2025) — and a ceasefire — in a social media post over the weekend. His effort would also include calls to NATO leaders.
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Mr. Trump has struggled to end a war that began with Russia’s invasion in February 2022, and that makes these conversations a serious test of his reputation as a dealmaker after having claimed he would quickly settle the conflict once he was back in the White House, if not even before he took office.
The Republican President is banking on the idea that his force of personality and personal history with Mr. Putin would be enough to break any impasse over a pause in the fighting.
“His sensibilities are that he’s got to get on the phone with President Putin, and that is going to clear up some of the logjam and get us to the place that we need to get to,” said Mr. Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff. “I think it’s going to be a very successful call,” he said.
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