Trump and Putin are talking today about “stopping” the bloodbath in Ukraine, Trump says

President Trump talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday morning War in Ukraine Then he will speak with Ukrainian President Voludmir Zelinski And NATO leaders.

In a publication on the social truth, the president said: “The issues of the invitation will be, as they stopped the” bloodbath “, which is killed, on average, more than 5,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers per week, and trade.”

The president began talking to Putin at 10 am East time, and will talk to Zelenskyy when the call concludes.

On Saturday, Mr. Trump said that he will discuss the “bloodbath” in Ukraine. On Sunday, Vice President JD Vance met with Zelenskyy, the first face -to -face conversation since their explosive office meeting in February.

“I do not want to take these very important talks, but of course, you will hear directly from the president or after I concluded those calls today, so you can expect that the” White House “Caroline Levitt, the White House press secretary at a press conference on Monday morning,” the White House press secretary Caroline Levitte said at a press conference on Monday morning.

Vice President JD Vance said on Monday that he spoke to Mr. Trump before the invitation. Vans said he believed, “The president will say to President Putin, see, are you serious? Are you real about this?”

Vans said that Mr. Trump is most likely arguing Putin that there are “economic benefits to solve relations between Russia and the rest of the world, but you will not get these benefits.”

“You continue to kill many innocents,” Vans continued. “Therefore, if you are ready to stop the murder, the United States is ready to be a peace partner.” This was the proposal of the Russians, to the Ukrainians and frankly to nations and other hot points all over the world. ”

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio said in An interview broadcast on Sunday “Confronting the nation with Margaret Brennan” said that “one of the things that can help break this record of the record – perhaps the only thing that can – is a direct conversation between President Trump and Vladimir Putin.”

Mr. Trump and Putin last spoke In March.

In response to a question about the possibility of imposing secondary sanctions on Russia, Levitt said everything is on the table.

Monday calls come in the wake of the talks in Istanbul, attended by White House envoy Steve Wikov. He neither Putin nor Zelinski attended. Trump said he does not think Putin would bring him if there is no. The talks in Istanbul exploded less than two hours later, although both sides agreed on each exchange of 1,000 war prisoners, according to official waste.