Posted on 05/17/2025 4:00:35 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Summary
ISTANBUL, May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would speak to the presidents of Russia and Ukraine on Monday following talks between the two sides at which a Ukrainian official said Moscow's negotiators voiced new demands before a ceasefire could be agreed.
In Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies preparations were underway for a conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump.
The talks in Turkey on Friday were the first time the sides had held face-to-face talks since March 2022, weeks after Russia's full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbour.
A senior Ukrainian official familiar with the talks said Russian negotiators demanded Ukraine pull its troops out of all Ukrainian regions claimed by Moscow before they would agree to a ceasefire.
Trump, writing on Truth Social, said he would speak with Putin to discuss stopping the war at 10 a.m. Eastern (1400 GMT) on Monday.
"THE SUBJECTS OF THE CALL WILL BE, STOPPING THE 'BLOODBATH' THAT IS KILLING, ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN 5000 RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS A WEEK, AND TRADE," he wrote.
He said he would speak afterward with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and various members of NATO. "Hopefully it will be a productive day, a ceasefire will take place, and this very violent war, a war that should have never happened, will end."
Trump had offered to travel to Turkey for the talks while in the Gulf last week if Putin would also attend, but Putin sent a team of negotiators instead.
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I wonder if anyone on Trump’s team (besides Witkoff) will bother taking into consideration Russia’s position.
If not, Trump might as well work on the House members who are crashing his budget request.
Better yet when Putin assumes room temperature.
Better yet when Zeepers, globalists, neocons and war pigs assume room temperature.
Name them or STFU
Knock it off.
Russian Bolsheviks have always enjoyed thier bloodlust. Nothing new under filthy Moscow Kremlin sun.
True.
“ THE SUBJECTS OF THE CALL WILL BE, STOPPING THE ‘BLOODBATH’ “
The stick that President Trump has brandished to compel Putin, are the “bone-crushing” secondary sanctions on buyers of Russian oil.
Monday’s phone call could well be crunch time for Putin, when he has to choose between a ceasefire, or the bone-crushing, Trump-style sanctions.
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