Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday stated {that a} name with President Trump forward of a sanctions deadline for Russia was “productive.”
“A productive dialog with President Trump, with the important thing focus after all being ending the conflict. We’re grateful to @POTUS for all efforts towards a simply and lasting peace,” Zelensky stated in a put up on the social platform X.
“It’s actually a should to cease the killing as quickly as doable, and we totally help this. Many months may have already handed with out conflict, had Russia not been prolonging it,” he added.
President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff is predicted to go to Russia this week for what Ukraine has known as Moscow’s “final likelihood” to come back to a peace deal earlier than U.S. sanctions are imposed on international locations that import oil from Russia.
On Sunday, Trump stated Witkoff “could also be going to Russia” on Wednesday or Thursday in an effort to lock down a ceasefire.
Trump has change into more and more annoyed with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has ignored strain from the president for a peace deal, and he moved up a deadline final week for Russia to come back to a peace deal or face elevated financial isolation.
The president’s earth deadline for Russia would technically run out Friday, however Trump has been versatile in terms of imposing threatened tariffs on different international locations.
“At the moment, we coordinated our positions – Ukraine and america. We exchanged assessments of the scenario: The Russians have intensified the brutality of their assaults. President Trump is totally knowledgeable about Russian strikes on Kyiv and different cities and communities,” Zelensky stated in his X put up Tuesday.
“In fact, we spoke about sanctions in opposition to Russia. Their financial system continues to say no, and that’s precisely why Moscow is so delicate to this prospect and President Trump’s resolve. This could change quite a bit,” he added.