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Statement from Secretary Rubio and NSA Waltz on Call with Zelenskyy
State Dept ^ | March 19, 2025

Posted on 03/19/2025 11:16:18 PM PDT by McGruff

Today, President Donald J. Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a fantastic phone conversation. President Zelenskyy thanked President Trump for a productive start for the work of the Ukrainian and American teams in Jeddah on March 11th. The meeting of the senior officials from both nations significantly helped in moving toward ending the war.

President Zelenskyy thanked President Trump for the support of the United States, especially the Javelin missiles that President Trump was first to provide, and his efforts towards peace. The leaders agreed Ukraine and America will continue working together to bring about a real end to the war, and that lasting peace under President Trump’s leadership can be achieved.

President Trump fully briefed President Zelenskyy on his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the key issues discussed. They reviewed the situation in Kursk and agreed to share information closely between their defense staffs as the battlefield situation evolved. President Zelenskyy asked for additional air defense systems to protect his civilians, particularly Patriot missile systems, President Trump agreed to work with him to find what was available particularly in Europe.

The two leaders also agreed on a partial ceasefire against energy. Technical teams will meet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to discuss broadening the ceasefire to the Black Sea on the way to a full ceasefire. They agreed this could be the first step toward the full end of the war and ensuring security. President Zelenskyy was grateful for the President’s leadership in this effort and reiterated his willingness to adopt a full ceasefire.

President Trump also discussed Ukraine’s electrical supply and nuclear power plants. He said that the United States could be very helpful in running those plants with its electricity and utility expertise. American ownership of those plants would be the best protection for that infrastructure and support for Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

President Zelenskyy also thanked President Trump for continuing to push humanitarian concerns, including the exchange of POWs. He noted they had just had a successful exchange and thanked the President for his leadership. President Trump also asked President Zelenskyy about the children who had gone missing from Ukraine during the war, including the ones that had been abducted. President Trump promised to work closely with both parties to help make sure those children were returned home.

They agreed all parties must continue the effort to make a ceasefire work. The Presidents noted the positive work of their advisors and representatives, especially Secretary Rubio, National Security Advisor Waltz, Special Envoy Kellogg, and others. The Presidents instructed their teams to move ahead with the technical issues related to implementing and broadening the partial ceasefire. The Presidents instructed their advisors and representatives to carry out this work as quickly as possible. The Presidents emphasized that in further meetings, the teams can agree on all necessary aspects of advancing toward lasting peace and security.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Ukraine
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1 posted on 03/19/2025 11:16:18 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: everyone
“President Zelenskyy asked for additional air defense systems to protect his civilians, particularly Patriot missile systems,”

Patriots needed to protect civilians?

2 posted on 03/19/2025 11:18:20 PM PDT by McGruff (Biden will go down in history as the worst president ever.)
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Much of the equipment that our government had sent to them (Ukraine) ended up on the black market, then being sold to the Mexican Drug Cartels, which had come to light in the last few weeks.

Our government should not send 1 more thing, nothing, to them anymore.


3 posted on 03/19/2025 11:27:35 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: McGruff
The meeting of the senior officials from both nations significantly helped in moving toward ending the war.

They forgot: A war, I might add, that never would have started if President Trump were in office.

4 posted on 03/20/2025 12:05:25 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler
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FTA——President Trump fully briefed President Zelenskyy on his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the key issues discussed. They reviewed the situation in Kursk and agreed to share information closely between their defense staffs as the battlefield situation evolved.

Zelenskyy asked for additional air defense systems to protect his civilians, particularly Patriot missile systems, President Trump agreed to work with him to find what was available particularly in Europe.

The two leaders also agreed on a partial ceasefire against energy. Technical teams will meet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to discuss broadening the ceasefire to the Black Sea on the way to a full ceasefire.

They agreed this could be the first step toward the full end of the war and ensuring security. Zelenskyy was grateful for President Trump’s leadership and reiterated his willingness to adopt a full ceasefire.


5 posted on 03/20/2025 12:32:36 AM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray...."Our Father, who art in heaven......")
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“President Zelenskyy thanked President Trump for the support of the United States, especially the Javelin missiles that President Trump was first to provide...”

Rubio and Walz best be careful, if they want to keep their jobs.


6 posted on 03/20/2025 4:30:28 AM PDT by BobL (The people who hate Trump demand that you hate Russia)
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Z has to go. There will be no peace as long as he’s allowed to continue filling his offshore accounts with our money. He will never agree to a workable deal as it would cut his and his henchmen’s flow of griftable aid.


7 posted on 03/20/2025 4:37:01 AM PDT by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months s)
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Z has to go. There will be no peace as long as he’s allowed to continue filling his offshore accounts with our money. He will never agree to a workable deal as it would cut his and his henchmen’s flow of griftable aid.
*******
Z is nothing but a sociopath war profiteer. Needs to go.


8 posted on 03/20/2025 5:11:44 AM PDT by yldstrk (Nothing like the truth)
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