US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he discussed Russian and Ukrainian requests and needs for a peace deal in an hour-long call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“Much of the discussion was based on the call made yesterday with President (Vladimir) Putin in order to align both Russia and Ukraine in terms of their requests and needs,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
“We are very much on track,” Trump added.
Prior to the call, Zelenskyy had warned against heeding the Kremlin’s calls to halt military aid for his country. Putin issued the demand after a call with Trump on Tuesday, part of a rapprochement initiated by Washington that seeks to broker a ceasefire more than three years into the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“I do not believe that we should make any concessions in terms of assistance for Ukraine, but rather there should be an increase in assistance for Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said at a press conference with his Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb.
The call between Trump and Putin failed to secure the breakthrough ceasefire that Ukraine has been pushing for, after it endorsed the US-led proposal last week. But the Kremlin said it agreed to halt Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
Zelenskyy also said Washington should take a lead role in overseeing any agreement leading to a halt in Russian and Ukrainian attacks on energy infrastructure.
Putin told Trump earlier that for a full ceasefire to work, Ukraine must not be allowed to rearm and must halt mandatory mobilization, which Kyiv says would leave it vulnerable to further Russian attacks.
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