After all Trump said it a few hours before the start of the negotiations in Istanbul between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations: after Putin’s flat rate, only a direct dialogue between the White House and the Kremlin will be able to unlock the Ukrainian match. And so the two, instead of meeting, spoke on the phone. From 16:00 Italian hour was held a phone call between the President of the United States Donald Trump and the Russian president Vladimir Putin. This comparison, anxiously expected by the international chancelleries, was organized in an attempt to unlock the negotiations for a ceased in the fire in Ukraine. Before the interview, Trump had spoken to the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyshowing the intention to involve all parties interested in peace negotiations.
Trump’s declared goal is to cease the immediate and without condition, lasting 30 days, to create a more suitable climate for peace negotiations. This plan was supported by the main European leaders, including Emmanuel Macron, Giorgia Melons, Keir Stormer And Friedrich Merzwho had a telephone meeting with Trump yesterday evening. Macron, in particular, urged Putin to demonstrate his commitment to peace, accepting the American proposal. In the end, according to what trapped, the two would have agreed to start negotiations to get the fire. In short, no immediate truce, but a path to get there. “Franco and useful interview,” said Putin. “It went very well,” Trump confirmed.
The phone call
Second Dmitry Peskovspokesman for the Kremlin, Russia remains determined to pursue its objectives in Ukraine, although it prefers political and diplomatic ways. However, by the agency Bloomberg Rumors emerge according to which Putin is confident of acquiring complete control of Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzia and Kerson by the end of 2025. These positions highlight the difficulties in the talks and close margins for a possible concrete agreement. To convince Putin to call Trump there would also be the “neutral position” taken by the US President since the beginning of his mandate (See the clash with Zelensky in the White Houseto say) while the Europeans would be “openly pro-Ukraine”, which is why their appeals to the ceased the fire (or their threats of new sanctions) were rejected by the Kremlin.
In the meantime, the US vice -president JD Vance He met the Pope in the Vatican to discuss respect for humanitarian law and the need for negotiating solutions. Zelensky also moved on a diplomatic level, sending a letter to Trump with proposals for economic and industrial cooperation. Among the hypotheses of compromise include the suspension of the entrance of Ukraine in NATO, new international investments in Russia and the presence of European troops in the area as a guarantee of safety.
What they said
At the end of the phone call, Putin He made it known that with the US there was “significant, frank and very useful conversation. The Russian president added that The Donald expressed Washington’s position on a possible ceasefire and also thanked the head of the White House for having resumed the direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Second Interfaxthe tsar is convinced that “the most important thing for Russia” is “to eliminate the background causes” of the Ukrainian conflict, but has also recognized that both Moscow and Kiev must “demonstrate the maximum will to get to peace and find those compromise That they go well to both sides ”. In short: something seems to move if also for the Russian leader the resumption of negotiations in Istanbul” gives reason to believe that, in general, we are on the right path “.
“We agreed with the President of the United States that Russia is ready to work with the Ukrainian part on a memorandum on a possible future peace agreementdefining a series of positions, such as, for example the times of a possible peace agreement, “Putin said to journalists. No immediate truce, in short.” I would like to emphasize that, overall, the position of Russia is clear: the main thing for us is to eliminate the deep causes of this crisis. We just have to determine the most effective ways to move towards peace ”.
Trump’s post
As usual, Trump entrusted social networks to social networks. “I just finished my two -hour call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. I think it went very well – he wrote – Russia and Ukraine will immediately begin negotiations towards a ceased the fire And, more importantly, towards the end of the war. The conditions will be negotiated between the two parts, as it could only be, because they know details of a negotiation of which no one else would be aware of. The tone and the spirit of the conversation were excellent. If it hadn’t been like this, I would say it now, rather than after. Russia wants to make a large scale trade with the United States when this catastrophic “Bathroom Bathroom” will be overand I agree. There is a huge opportunity for Russia to create huge quantities of jobs and wealth. Its potential is unlimited. Likewise, Ukraine can be a great beneficiary of the trade, in the process of reconstruction of its country. Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will start immediately. So I informed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, President Emmanuel Macron in France, Prime Minister Giorgia Melons Italy, Germany’s chancellor Friedrich Merz and President Alexander Stububs from Finland, in a phone call, immediately after the call with President Putin. The Vatican, represented by the Pope, said he would be very interested in hosting the negotiations. That the process begins! “.