Donald Trump says he will talk to Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday about ending the war in Ukraine, saying that the call at 10:00 EDT (14:00 GMT) will be for “stopping the” blood bath “.
In a publication on Social Truth, the US president said he would then talk to Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski and the leaders of some NATO countries.
Russia and Ukraine failed to reach any breakthrough when they held their first face -to -face conversations on Istanbul on Friday, although Swap prisoners were agreed.
The US President has suggested that the negotiations in Turkey are present if Putin is going to go, but his Russian counterpart does not make the proposal.
Trump's comments come after he suggested that on Thursday that progress in ending war would only happen if he and Putin make face -to -face conversations.
“We hope this will be a productive day, a truce and this very violent war, a war that should never happen, will end,” Trump wrote on Saturday.
NATO leaders call on Russia to agree to a 30-day termination of fire in the conflict.
After the conversations in Istanbul, Ukraine repeated his call for a complete and unconditional cessation of the fire.
The head of the Russian delegation, Putin's assistant Vladimir Medinsky, said the Russian delegation was pleased with the conversations and was ready to continue the contact.
Hours later, a Russian drone struck a passenger bus in the area of sums, Killing nine people – prompting Zelenski to ask for more sanctions against Moscow.
He said the attack on the bus was “deliberate murder of civilians”. Russia has not commented, but the state media reported that the forces have hit a “war zone for staging” in the province of sums.
Russia began a full -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.