Ukrainian President Voldomyr Zelensky said Thursday that it was “not very pleasant” that President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin a day earlier before calling him.
“We’ve already had three conversations with President Trump, so I don’t take this call as a priority (for Trump), that he spoke to Russia first. Although it’s really not very pleasant in any case,” Zelensky told reporters while visiting the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant in western Ukraine.
“As for the conversation, he knows my thoughts. I really believe that Ukraine is the priority first and foremost, there is a war against us,” he added.
The call between Trump and Putin marked the first time in three years that the leaders of the US and Russia held a publicly known phone call. After the conversation, Trump said negotiations to end the war would start “immediately,” and then he called Zelensky.
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Trump and Putin both offered the other to visit their respective countries but that a summit in a third country would happen first.
“They have exchanged invitations, and now, President Trump has a standing invitation to visit Russia, and the Russian president has a standing invitation to visit the United States,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
“It is another thing that they have agreed to promptly arrange and hold a working meeting in a third country. That said, according to the presidents’ plan, the meeting will take place before any eventual exchange of visits,” Peskov added.
Trump has said he expects to soon meet with Putin in Saudi Arabia. Peskov said US and Russian officials were working out the details of the summit but didn’t say what country it will be held in.
Zelensky said that he believes the priority should be a meeting between Ukraine and the US to discuss a plan to “stop” Putin. “I think it’s only fair to talk to the Russians after that,” he said.
Peskov also said that the US would be Russia’s “main partner” in negotiations to end the war, although he added that Ukraine would “definitely take part in the negotiations in one way or another.”
The Trump-Putin call came the same day that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ruled out NATO membership for Ukraine as part of any future peace deal and said the idea of restoring Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders was “unrealistic.” Hegseth also said there could also be no NATO troop deployment to Ukraine.
Selensky and Putin are the exact same person.
You think so? So who's puppet is Putin, then? Zelinksyy has multiple oligarchs and the US/NATO pulling their strings. Putin tosses oligarchs in jail if they piss him off, and there's no one above him in BRICS+ (they have no hierarchy).
He’s the top oligarch’s puppet, I’m sure. Just like the rest
And I'm sure you didn't answer the question. Who's puppet is Putin, who's this "top oligarch"? Name him.
Oligarchy is rule by a clique, not by an individual. But if I had to guess at “top oligarch,” two candidates would be Alexi Mordashov and Sergey Chemezov.
https://www.rt.com/news/612649-best-day-for-russia-sell/
Unfortunately, Trump can't guarantee Ukraine won't be accepted into NATO beyond January 2029.
Russia isn't likely to accept Pete Hegseth's peacekeeping idea.
He can guarantee it by ending Nato …
While Two-Scoops can walk away from NATO, that in itself wouldn't end the regime; what's left of it could admit the Ukraine. BUT- as Z noted- unless the US goes to bat for the Ukraine in a future conflict, the question of its survival is moot. NATO, as it stands, cannot deal with the Russians without the US, and if we leave there's no point in getting stuck in a war for Europe- they'd just have to learn to play nice and stand up for themselves.
"January 2029" is an arbitrary, outdated concept now. Trump will be President for the rest of his natural life.
With a Federal government gutted of employees and stacked with Trump Loyalists (including and especially the Department of Justice) and a SCOTUS in his pocket, Trump's options are wide open….
Remove Presidential term limits ? Abolishing the First Amendment will be practise for that.
Discredit and disenfranchise political opponents IF he keeps the 4-year election cycle for President ? EASY with the FBI / DoJ staffed with Loyalists.
Hold a national referendum on retaining him as President For Life ? Trump's G.I.S.S. Army followers will still outnumber Dems and GOP NeverTrumpers in 3 years so that's a "democratic" open-net goal.
Democracy in America was only useful to Trump twice (and he'll make the case that American democracy failed in his bid against Biden) so why should he continue with that "flawed" system ??
What?
Trump is old. If you want to scare people, accuse Vance of wanting a life Presidency.
I'm sure that the reason why DeSaster and Haley were passed over for the VP slot was because of their long and close ties to the mercenary scum. Rump wouldn't have lasted a week in office before some "lone nut" was blamed for taking him out.
Well, he doesn’t like those two.
For whatever reason, Trump is choosing people I like, and doing things I want.
Except for Israeli related foreign policy.
I am sure trump will try to do what you stated. Changing the constitution is not so easy. He does not have the votes needed to get the amendment proposed in Congress so that option is off the table. Leaving only a constitutional convention at the other option to proposed an amendment. That has never happen. And even if does get proposed, just 13 states can block it. And than there is the time problem.
Zalenskyy probably not happy that President Trump brought up the subject of having a long overdue election in Ukraine either.
My how the worm has turned.
Zelensky is that midget worm!
I would even use that worm to catch the small fish.
Unpleasant for peace! Who makes the t shirts and bumper stickers..?
At least Trump understands that confrontation with Russia can't have a happy end. It is a great improvement in American foreign policy.
Keep your hopes guarded, Mikhailovich, for Trump is volatile. Remember how he threatened North Korea with total annihilation before suddenly becoming BFF with Kim Jong Un? He's now buddy-buddy with Putin, but that could change in an instant.
Also, while Trump seems to favor peace, his cabinet is not ideologically uniform. Maybe he's just bad at picking cabinet members, maybe he wanted to appease Congress and the deep state, or maybe he just couldn't find enough Tulsi Gabbards. Whatever the reason, he'll encounter opposition inside his own cabinet, never mind outside of it.
Trump is not buddy-buddy with Putin, he only wants to freeze the military activities in Ukraine as it was done already before him some 10 years ago. Also he doesn't want further escalation of anti-Russian policy. Trump is a practical man. At the moment it is impossible to predict how far he will go along the way of normalization of U.S.-Russia relationships. So far they agreed only to establish permanent contact and meet in a neutral country. It would be helpful if he decides to have a hotline with Kremlin (Putin never was against it). Anything what does reduce the risk of nuclear war is good.
On the other hand, it is obvious that Putin will not agree to freeze the war activities without achieving his goals. Trump, of course, is not ready to accept Putin's terms. So the war will carry on for awhile.
So how do you see this war ending?
Ukraine has lost. Its borders have changed for ever, and the longer the conflict lasts, the more territory it will lose. It will take months for Ukraine to field a legally apt president or to get rid of Zelensky. the Russians advance faster and faster, and NATO is out of resources. That said, the war could end as sson as Z announced conscription for 18 year olds. Nationalists could maybe realize that this would be the end of the "Western' Ukrainian people and nation.
Ukraine was always destined to be the big loser in this game. That's not the question.
The question is, will Western imperialism be a loser too, or will Russia have to settle for much less than the original goals set out by Putin when he started his special military operation?
Russia will not have to settle for anything less. They’ve won the war already. Trump has said the US will not get in the way, and the Europeans and Ukraine will not sit at the negotiating table.
And you're sure about that? Because this is what I'm reading on Sky News right now: "US Vice President JD Vance has warned the US could hit Russia with sanctions and potential military action if Vladimir Putin doesn't agree to a peace deal with Ukraine".
Agreeing to a peace deal means Putin doesn't get everything he wanted.
Trump urgently needs a peace deal. Putin doesn't. Hardly Trump can impress Putin by jumping out of his trousers. Trump knows about that. He is performing for American audience.
That nonsense again. Trump doesn't urgently need anything.
You have too much of nonsense in your head. It prevents you to see the obvious.
In war, the winner takes all. That's a very established, centuries old concept that's always proven to be true . Even, and even especially, in that part of Europe. The US has stated that the war between Ukraine and Russia is not their problem, it's the Europeans' problem, and that whatever the Europeans do in Ukraine, if they ever go there, will not be covered by article 5. The Europeans are out of resources. Russia is winning the war, Ukraine is losing it, and that's that.
Ukrainian war machine will collapse sooner or later. If it collapses before any peace agreement reached, then Russian troops will pour into Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev, Kharkov and Sumy oblasts unrestricted, and eventually come to Kiev. Then Putin will organize referendums the same as it was done in Kherson and Zaporozhie. At the moment Trump is trying very hard to prevent such a scenario. That's why he can't just abandon Ukrainian project and walk away. He is committed already. Probably he will change Zelensky for Zaluzhny but he can't stop financing Kiev regime. Maybe he'll be able to reach some agreement with Putin before it is too late. For example, Putin may allow American corporations to participate in exploitation of East Ukrainian natural resources. Trump talked already about rare earth metals. It is possible to have a deal about that.
I would love to see your scenario (Ukrainian collapse, Russian fast advance) come to pass, I really would. Nothing would make me happier than to see Western imperialism get a huge bloody nose, it'd be a splendid victory for the whole world. But I think you are drinking too much Kool-Aid.
This total Ukrainian collapse has long been predicted by people like you, but somehow has never materialized. Russia is advancing, but by meters only, not kilometers. Meanwhile, a good chunk of Kursk Oblast is still occupied by Ukraine seven months later. It's shameful really.
Ukrainian war machine collapse doesn't mean "total Ukrainian collapse". Eventually Kiev regime would be replaced by something more human and Ukraine may carry on normally as it did before. 25 years ago Ichkeria Wahhabi regime collapsed but Chechnya is still there and Chechens are living much better now than in time of Ichkeria. Putin never planned to conquer Ukrainian territories. After Minsk deal 2015, Putin tried very hard to squeeze Donbass back into Ukraine. He would be glad to have friendly independent Ukraine as a neighbor but after the coup 2014 and installation of neo-Nazi regime, it is impossible without regime change.
Sure it could be done quicker but it would cost dearer for Russia. Russian economy is doing very well, so, from Kremlin's viewpoint, everything is good enough as it is.
I'm certain that the viewpoint of Russian citizens in occupied Kursk Oblast subjected to Ukronazi war crimes is not that everything is good enough as is.
Zelensky is discovering, he's not a player.
Zelenskyy soon will be in the Swiss Alps yodeling in Ukranian with a billion dollar bank account.
I don't see how Zelensky will ever survive this war.
Or, in a casket…………..
Highly doubt that.
Years ago I thought he would move to either NYC or California. Those places are now dumps today.
President Trump and President Putin will agree on an end to the Ukraine fiasco. After they come to an agreement they will tell Kaja Kallas and Zelensky their decision.
Standby to be given your orders on how to bend over Ms. Kallas and Voldemort Zelensky! At a minimum Odessa will be Russian and the Baltic states will lose their NATO membership. Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are irrelevant to NATO!
Trump only speaks to short man who are big inside. Zelenskyy is not one of those people.
Just now…
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d6d1c21056185a41894a0fb7044b29e80f613d6c92d066134713e243aa8f827f.png
And:
Multiple senior US officials, including Vice President JD Vance, have said that everything is on the table. Hegseth also backtracked his comment and said until President Donald Trump makes the final call on the US position, everything —including Nato membership— is on the table.
https://www.firstpost.com/world/it-is-on-the-table-us-backtracks-hegseth-denial-of-nato-membership-us-security-guarantees-to-ukraine-13863268.html
It's like peace plan by whiplash. Pity Russian negotiators trying to make sense of it all.
Westminster likes to get Americans involved in their tribal conflicts; Germans in the past and now Russians in the future. Will Americans say next time go it alone? I hope so.
Not only that, but some people in the UK still see their country as some sort of great power with a big role to play on the international scene. Delusions of imperial grandeur die hard.
Patience is a virtue…
I have always been appalled that Ukrainian workers kill Russian workers instead of uniting to throw both Putin and Zelensky into history's garbage can and I have written that in the past on this page. Ending it has been a standard demand of progressives since 1848.
Hence I support President Trump's idea to end this war but not the insane way he goes about it.
He intends to be a Negotiator. Negotiators must be neutral. If President Trump does not take Hegseth, who violated that principle, behind the proverbial woodshed, Trump himself agreed with Hegseth's stupid remarks.
The nation of Ukraine is divided. There are the Kievan Ukrainians whose leader is Zelensky. There are the Donbassian Ukrainians whose supporter is Putin.
In military matters, Putin is stronger than Zelensky. Hence it was indeed a serious Trumpian blunder to speak to Putin first.
Except some of those Ukrainian "workers" killing Russian workers are Nazis.
What exactly would you have Trump say to Zelensky? As to the comparison in your last sentence, "stronger" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. The truth is that Russia has proved itself stronger than NATO.
Trump's job is simple: concede on the three demands by the Russians and then move to solve the original problem – created by the West.
Only then should the Russians have a satisfactory outcome. The Japanese surrender on a US naval vessel at the close of WWII is a perfect symbol.
So far, Russia hasn’t even proven itself stronger than Ukraine.
The Munich Security Conference begins today on 14.02.25 with numerous politicians from all over the world, the USA (Vice President Vance), China (Wang Yi), Ukraine (Zelenskyy), etc.
https://securityconference.org/en/msc-2025/agenda/
Zelenskyy's soap opera tuning into Jealousy…?!
Zelensky is a vestigial criminal.
This midget rat is a dead man walking.
https://x.com/i/status/1890470188967161908
The outrage of the impotent vassals.
Mr. Z is accusing Russia of hitting the Chernobyl containment dome (which didn't work) with a drone. Russia denies it. But, wanna bet Kiev did it to derail the peace talks? Z wasn't invited to the party, so he tries to start a nuclear catastrophe because he's butt hurt. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/drone-strikes-chornobyl-nuclear-plant-in-ukraine-russia-says-not-to-blame/ar-AA1z2KjL
“Keep your friends close and your enemies, even closer!…”
https://www.rt.com/russia/612661-russia-reacts-putin-trump-call/
Ironically, the DOGE investigators will determine that money continues flowing to Ukraine through the IRS.
…”And the Trump-ets red glare, the bombs bursting in air!… Gave truth to the night that… Forgetaboutit!….
Popcorn is popping like there's no tomorrow! I can't wait to see the Red Square parade with Zelensky and his generals in chains and Putoin crowned with laurels. That's how civilized Western people celebrate, don't they?
Zelensky will get a call when it's time for him to leave Ukraine?
https://www.indianpunchline.com/spring-is-in-the-air-in-us-russia-ties-as-trumps-revolution-gains-momentum/
https://x.com/i/status/1891019010956742952 https://www.rt.com/news/612809-trump-kellogg-ukraine-peace-plan/
I don't care. Do you?