Trump to speak with Putin, then Zelenskyy, to push for Ukraine ceasefire

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Trump to speak with Putin, then Zelenskyy, to push for Ukraine ceasefire  U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to speak by phone Monday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, followed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and leaders of various NATO countries, about ending the war in Ukraine.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/05/18/trump-to-speak-with-putin-then-zelenskyy-to-push-for-ukraine-ceasefire  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00But U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to speak by phone Monday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin,

00:07followed by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and leaders of various NATO countries about ending the war in Ukraine.

00:14Trump said the call with Putin will be about stopping the bloodbath in Ukraine.

00:19Meanwhile, the talks in Istanbul on Friday broke up after less than two hours without a ceasefire,

00:24although most signs agree on exchanging a thousand prisoners of war each, according to the heads of both delegations.

00:33Trump wrote on X, formerly Twitter, quote,

00:36Hopefully it will be a productive day.

00:39A ceasefire will take place and this very violent war, a war that should have never happened, will end.

00:45On Sunday, Russia also launched one of its most intense drone attacks on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion.

00:54In 2022, Russia fired a total of 273 explosive drones and decoys overnight.

01:02Ukraine's Air Force said of those 88 were intercepted and the further 128 lost, likely having been electronically jammed.

01:12The attacks targeted the country's Kyiv and Donetsk region.

01:16According to data from Ukraine's Air Force, this will be the largest drone attack Russia has launched against Ukraine since the start of the war,

01:25but Ukrainian officials have not confirmed this.

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