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Trump hails 'very good' talk with Zelensky on peace in Ukraine

19.03.2025 20:30
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had a "very good" phone call with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss ways of ending the war in Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump.
US President Donald Trump.Photo: EPA/YURI GRIPAS

"Just completed a very good telephone call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine," Trump announced in a post on the Truth Social media platform.

He added that the call "lasted approximately one hour" and that much of the discussion was based on his conversation a day earlier with Russian President Vladimir Putin "in order to align both Russia and Ukraine in terms of their requests and needs."

"We are very much on track," Trump wrote.

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Trump and Putin on Tuesday agreed to "an energy and infrastructure ceasefire" in the Russia-Ukraine war, according to an announcement by the White House.

Zelensky said later that Ukraine supported the US proposal for Moscow and Kyiv to halt strikes on each other’s energy facilities and infrastructure.

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, starting the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II.

Wednesday is day 1,119 of Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Source: IAR, PAP