Trump wants to talk to Putin - peace in Ukraine in sight?

Trump wants to talk to Putin - peace in Ukraine in sight?

In a surprising turn of the events, Donald Trump called the Russian President Vladimir Putin and emphasized the need for an immediate start of negotiation to terminate the Ukraine War. Trump announced this on his short message service Truth Social. The Kremlin confirmed the one-hour conversation, in which the two presidents discussed concrete plans for another meeting and the intensification of the negotiations, such as Vol.at reported. Trump was optimistic and explained that they had agreed to "work very closely", and announced that the negotiations would "hopefully soon" be successfully completed.

In the meantime, the visit of the US Finance Minister Scott Bessent in Kiev triggered further speculation about the attitude of the new US government compared to the Ukraine conflict. President Selenskyj informed better about a possible contract about rare earth that could be seen as a strategic element in the negotiations. This was seen as a sign of the support of the United States to end the war and offer the country a stable basis for a possible peace, reported Npr.org .

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