Following a lengthy phone conversation with President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that Russia has agreed to start the negotiations to end the war in Ukraine which will start immediately.
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He shared a lengthy note detailing his conversation with Putin on his own social media platform Truth Social.
In a long and extremely fruitful phone conversation, President Trump claimed to have spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin about a number of topics including the Middle East Ukraine’s energy artificial intelligence the strength of the dollar and more.
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“We both reflected on the great history of our nations, and the fact that we fought so successfully together in World War II, remembering, that Russia lost tens of millions of people, and we, likewise, lost so many! We each talked about the strengths of our respective nations, and the great benefit that we will someday have in working together,” the President said.
Revealing what the two leaders discussed about the Ukraine war, Trump’s long post reads, “…first, as we both agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the war with Russia-Ukraine. President Putin even used my very strong campaign motto of, “COMMON SENSE.” We both believe very strongly in it.”
Further in his post, Trump informed, “We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other’s Nations. We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now.”
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“I have asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of the CIA John Ratcliffe, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, and Ambassador and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, to lead the negotiations which, I feel strongly, will be successful,” he said.
