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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
WASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will hold separate phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday to push for an early ceasefire between the two countries.
“I will be speaking on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday at 10:00 AM,” Trump wrote on the Truth Social social network. The topics of conversation will be ending the “bloodbath” in which an average of more than 5,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers are dying each week, and trade, the US president added.
Then, he said, he would speak with Ukrainian President V. Zelensky, and after that there would be a joint conversation between him and the Ukrainian leader with “various NATO members.”
“I hope it will be a productive day and a ceasefire will be reached,” he said.
On Friday, delegations from Russia and Ukraine concluded a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, and agreed to hold a new round of talks and a large-scale prisoner exchange in the “1000 for 1000” format. –0–