Putin and Zelensky hold separate calls with Trump on his birthday
Key takeaways
- Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodomyr Zelensky on Sunday held separate calls with US President Donald Trump as the latter prepared to celebrate his 80th birthday.
- By: FRANCE 24 US President Donald Trump, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
- Putin’s call with Trump lasted just under an hour, according to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, who briefed reporters afterward.
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Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodomyr Zelensky on Sunday held separate calls with US President Donald Trump as the latter prepared to celebrate his 80th birthday. The leaders discussed the war in Ukraine and their perceptions on how the more then four-year conflict could be ended.
By: FRANCE 24 US President Donald Trump, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. © Aurelien Morissard, Pavel Bednyakov, AP/ File picture Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky each spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump on Sunday, as Trump marked his 80th birthday and the war in Ukraine remained a flashpoint ahead of this week’s G7 summit.
Putin’s call with Trump lasted just under an hour, according to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, who briefed reporters afterward.