US President Donald Trump has begun negotiations on a ceasefire in Ukraine with a phone call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday 19 May.
Source: Ukrainska Pravda source in the press service of the Office of the President of Ukraine
Details: It had been anticipated that the first stage of diplomacy would be for Trump to have a conversation with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, but Trump decided to start with the Ukrainian side.
For reference: Reuters is reporting that as of 17:39 Kyiv time, Donald Trump has begun the phone call with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin.
On 17 May, Trump announced that he would hold a phone call with Putin on Monday 19 May, followed by conversations with Zelenskyy and NATO allies.
The US president said the call with Putin was scheduled for 10:00 Washington time (17:00 Kyiv time) and would focus on ending the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed that preparations were being made for the Trump-Putin call.
Potential-Delay-4487 on May 19th, 2025 at 16:59 UTC »
One day there will be a movie about everything that happened these months.
girlikeapearl_ on May 19th, 2025 at 16:51 UTC »
I'm sure he'll announce significant progress, maybe even claim a breakthrough.
Then, as usual, not much will actually happen. Eventually, he'll end up blaming either Ukraine or Russia for the lack of progress.
yantheman3 on May 19th, 2025 at 16:42 UTC »
Trump: "I'm escalating your ticket to my supervisor, please hold"