Trump to hold new peace talks with Putin and Zensky as president promises to ‘stop the massacre’

Donald Trump has announced that he will hold a high-stakes call with Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss the termination of the ‘massacre’ Ukraine – While the brutal war continues to claim thousands of lives every week.

In a dramatic all-caps post on his social social platform, the former US president revealed that the call would be aimed at “stopping the” massacre “that on average kills more than 5,000 Russians and Ukrainian soldiers for a week, and trade.”

Trump, 78, added that he would follow the Putin call with conversations with the Ukrainian President Volodyyr Zensky and ‘different leaders of NATO. ‘

“Hopefully it will be a productive day, a cessation -the fires will take place, and this very violent war, a war that should never have happened, will end,” he wrote.

The surprise announcement comes just after the Russian and Ukrainian officials have met in three years for their first personal conversations.

The meeting, which lasted less than two hours, could not lead to a ceasefire -but resulted in both parties who agree to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war.

Sources say that Moscow’s negotiators demanded that Ukraine troops from all areas that Russia claims – who claims his – Including areas that are still fiercely disputed on the battlefield.

Trump says he will call Putin on Monday to stop the Ukraine ‘Bloodbath’ while more than 5,000 soldiers die every week – and then promises to talk to Zensky and NATO leaders

Trump, 78, said he would follow the Putin call with conversations with the Ukrainian President Volodyymyr Zensky and “Different leaders of NATO”

In a dramatic all-caps post on his social social platform, the former US president revealed that the call would be aimed at “stopping the” massacre “that on average kills more than 5,000 Russians and Ukrainian soldiers for a week, and trade.”

A senior Ukrainian officer said Reuters that the list of requirements of Kremlin went much further than the conditions of a recent peace proposal drawn up by the US, that Washington ran after backchannel discussions with Moscow.

Under the circumstances of Russia: a complete withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia; International recognition of those areas, together with Crimea, as Russian; A promise of Ukrainian neutrality; and an agreement that are not foreign troops or mass destruction weapons stationed on Ukrainian soil.

Moscow also wants all parties to give up all the claims on war re -testing – a sharp contrast with the American proposal, which called for compensation that must be paid to Ukraine.

The Peace Summit in Istanbul was overshadowed by the absence of Vladimir Putin. Instead of being personally present, the Russian leader sent a delegation led by his former Minister of Culture.

The surprise announcement comes together just after the Russian and Ukrainian officials gathered for their first personal conversations in three years

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov later confirmed that Putin would do alone Meet Zensky if certain conditions were met -namely a cessation -the -furen framework and the successful completion of the POW exchange.

‘Such a meeting, as a result of the work of the delegations of the two parties, when reaching certain agreements between these delegations, is possible. [We] Consider it possible, “Peskov said reporters on Saturday.

In the meantime, Trump doubled his confidence that he could put an end to the war, pointing to his personal relationship with Putin.

I Have a very good relationship with Putin. I think we will close a deal, “Trump said during an interview with Fox News in Abu Dhabi. “We have to come together, and I think we’ll probably look it up.”

He added: ‘I am tired of having other people meet and everything else. Nobody uses leverage better than me. ‘

When asked if he would put Putin under pressure to close a deal, Trump replied: ‘I will, if we are not Go close a deal. We will see what happens – that will crush for Russia. ‘

Zensky will hold the call with Trump the day after attending the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo in the Vatican on Sunday – a return to the stage where he sat with Trump on April 26 for the funeral of former Pope Francis (depicted)

Zensky’s call with Putin is The day will take place After he attended the inaugural mass of Pope Leo in the Vatican on 18 May, the holy chair confirmed.

The ceremony, which will be held at St Peter’s Square in Rome, marks the formal beginning of Paus Leo’s papacy as the spiritual leader of the 1.4 billion Catholics in the world.

Trump has now said that if he makes the journey, but Zensky will be accompanied by an American delegation that includes State Secretary Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance -of whom the latter bumped earlier with Zensky during a fiery Oval Office confrontation in February.

Despite the renewed urge for diplomacy, violence continues to continue in Ukraine.

Only a few hours after the discussions in Istanbul had ended, Zensky Russia accused of the ‘Intentional Murder of Burgers’ after a deadly drone attack that destroyed a minibus in Sumy, Nine dead and four injured.

Russian troops also claimed that they captured the village of Oleksandropil in the Donetsk region on Saturday, while the shelling in Kherson left two civilians dead and 13 injured – Including that on board a truck that provides humanitarian aid.

In Kharkiv, two more people were killed and at least 12 injured air strikes near the Russian border after night.

In the meantime, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke on Saturday by telephone with the US State Secretary Marco Rubio and praised the ‘positive role’ of Washington in the registration dialogue and agreed to keep the communication lines open.