President Donald Trump said he had a ‘very good telephone call’ with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in their first conversation since last month’s disastrous Oval Office meeting.
The two men spoke for about an hour to discuss Trump’s call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the conditions for a partial ceasefire.
‘Much of the discussion was based on the call made yesterday with President Putin in order to align both Russia and Ukraine in terms of their requests and needs. We are very much on track,’ Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Zelensky said he ‘had a positive, very substantive, and frank conversation’ with Trump. He also thanked Trump for the ‘productive start to the work of the Ukrainian and American teams in Jeddah on March 11 – this meeting of the teams significantly helped in moving toward ending the war.’
The Ukrainian president noted with Trump’s support ‘lasting peace can be achieved this year.’
Trump added that he asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz to give more details.
Both men are headed to Saudi Arabia on Sunday to resume the peace talks.
Wednesday’s phone call was the first time Zelensky and Trump spoke since their falling out in the Oval Office at the end of February.
The two men got into a shouting match about the war with Russia, with Trump accusing Zelensky of not being grateful enough to the United States for all the aid Kyiv received.
