The conversation was the first after Zelenskyj’s visit to the White House on February 28 this year, where Donald Trump and US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio Among other things, Zelenskyj accused of not being grateful enough for the financial and military support the United States contributed.
On Tuesday, Donald Trump talked with the Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a post on the platform Truth Social Trump wrote that it was a “very good and productive meeting”, and Putin should also have agreed to stop all attacks against Ukraine’s electricity grid and infrastructure for 30 days, according to the news agency Reuters.
Just hours after the meeting, several drone attacks took place against Ukrainian cities. Zelenskyj meant that this was breaking Putin’s promise to stop attacks against electricity grids and infrastructure, and in a post on X he wrote like this:
“Today, Putin in practice rejected the proposal for a complete ceasefire”.
Yesterday, Zelenskyj and Trump had an hour -long call over the phone to discuss the deliberations that Trump had with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
On X Zelenskyj writes that the meeting was “positive and very meaningful”. He also emphasizes that he believes the war can end this year.
“We agreed that Ukraine and the United States will continue to work together to reach an end to the war and lasting peace. We believe that together with President Trump and thanks to American leadership, we can achieve peace this year.”