Zelensky speaks with Trump, says talks should lead to leaders' meeting with Russia
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Zelenskyy said he and Trump agreed March trilateral talks with Russia should pave the way for a leaders' meeting, as Kyiv prepares reconstruction discussions and accuses Moscow of political pressure.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that he and US President Donald Trump agreed that the next session of trilateral talks in March on a war settlement should lead to a meeting of the countries' leaders.
Zelenskyy, speaking after a phone conversation with Trump, said the three-sided talks with Russia and the United States would take place early next month. US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner also took part in the phone call.
"We expect this meeting to create an opportunity to move talks to the leaders' level. President Trump supports this sequence of steps," Zelenskyy wrote on X.
"This is the only way to resolve all the complex and sensitive issues and finally end the war."
The telephone call took place on the eve of another meeting, between just Ukrainian and US negotiators, to discuss post-war reconstruction.
Zelenskyy said the two leaders discussed both meetings. He thanked the United States for its "active involvement" in the peace process and for missiles for air defense systems that were helping Ukraine endure winter-time attacks.
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