Donald Trump says to us and Russia to start talks about Ukraine’s war immediately.

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President Donald Trump says Washington and Moscow will start negotiations “immediately” over ending the war in Ukraine after speaking with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

On Wednesday, an invitation indicated a dramatic shift in the relationship of the United States Russia, amid signs of Washington to support its support for Ukraine after nearly three years of war.

Trump He wrote on the social truth platform that he and Putin “agreed to work together, closely”, expressing that confidence talks will be “successful”, and undertaken “you should not waste more lives!” He said that the two leaders also agreed to visit each other.

The president told the Casablanca office on Wednesday that he Putin It meets in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The talks will be hosted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The invitation, which said the Kremlin lasted for about 90 minutes, was the first time that Washington and Moscow had spoken to the highest level since Russia’s extensive invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Global oil prices decreased, as Brent crude decreased by 2.3 percent to $ 75.25 a barrel. The United States is among the western countries that imposed sanctions on the energy sector in Russia since the invasion.

Trump spoke to Putin before calling Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, indicating that the United States may not want to work with Kyiv or the European Union on a joint strategy to bring Russia to the negotiating table.

The United States also poured cold water on Ukraine’s hopes of securing a pledge to join NATO and restore its borders to the period before the inclusion of Crimea in Russia in 2014.

A personal meeting will celebrate the first US summit Russia since Joe Biden, Trump’s ancestor, Putin met in Geneva in 2021.

Trump said he would deal with Putin to a large extent, but they will also meet three times personally.

“We expect that he will come here, and I will go there,” but “the first time we will meet in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, know if we have been accomplished something,” adding, “We know the Crown Prince and I think that” D Be a very good place to be. ” .

“I am only here to try to get peace,” Trump said at the Oval Office on Wednesday. “I don’t care much about anything but I want to stop killing millions of people.”

Russia clarified its hard -line position before any talks, calling for the title of NATO most of its publication operations in the Cold War in Eastern Europe and insisted on the realization of Ukraine, which included it in four regions of southeast, none of them control.

The Kremlin readings of the call were more restricted by Trump and did not suggest that Russia was ready to soften its position.

“The time has come for our countries to work together and that” a long -term solution can be achieved through peace negotiations “, but he warned that” necessary to settle the causes of conflict. “

He said Putin called Trump to Moscow and was ready to meet US officials to discuss “mutual interest issues.” Peskov told reporters that the two leaders also discussed bilateral economic cooperation and the Iranian nuclear program.

Trump said that he directed Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Ratcliffe, and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Steve Witkev envoy to head the negotiating team in the United States. The Trump list of Ukraine’s envoy, Keith Kelog, did not include.

Zelinski said after his call with Trump that the two were “a long conversation about the possibilities of peace.”

The Ukrainian leader said that Trump informed him of “the details of his conversation with Putin.” He also discussed “technological capabilities, including drones and other modern production.”

A senior Ukrainian official said that Zelinski also told Trump about the situation in the battlefield and the deployment of North Korea forces to fight alongside the Russian forces in the Corsak region.

Trump later wrote about the social truth that the invitation with Zelinsky “went well.”

But the announcement by Trump confirms fears in Kiev and Europe that the United States will not include the European Union or European capitals in negotiations on the future of Ukraine and moved to a more reconciliation position towards Moscow.

Earlier on Wednesday, US Defense Secretary Beit Higseth said that the solid peace of Ukraine “must include strong security guarantees” to ensure that the war does not get out again. He added that Washington “do not believe that NATO membership Ukraine is a realistic result. “

Higseth told NATO that Washington believes that “European and non -European forces are capable.”

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