Trump Has 'Positive Call' With Russia's Putin After Zelenskiy Meeting

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00:00I really believe we're probably, Mr. President, closer than, by far, closer than ever before

00:05with both parties. If it went really well, you know, maybe a few weeks, and if it went

00:10poorly longer, and if it went really poorly, it's not going to happen.

00:1320-point peace plan, 90% agreed, and U.S.-Ukraine security guarantees, 100% agreed. U.S.-Europe-Ukraine

00:21security guarantees almost agreed. Military dimension, 100% agreed. Prosperity plan being

00:28finalized. That was President Trump and Ukrainian

00:31President Vladimir Zelensky speaking yesterday. Both leaders, as you heard, hailing some major

00:36progress towards a potential peace deal with Russia, others wondering quite what was changed

00:40from the meeting. Meanwhile, President Trump today has just said he had a positive call

00:45with Russia's Vladimir Putin regarding Ukraine. Let's get that, and indeed, where we're going

00:50with meetings with Netanyahu later today as well. We bring in Bloomberg Washington correspondent

00:55Tyler Kendall. So we do see real motion, at least. It feels like momentum is there from

01:01a verbal perspective around Ukraine, Russia, and potentially a peace deal. But where do

01:06we stand in reality, Tyler?

01:09Right. Exactly, Caroline. I mean, pretty significant, of course, as you mentioned, that redhead hitting

01:13the terminal at the top of the hour that President Trump has now held his second call two days

01:18in a row with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday, of course, coming before he met face-to-face

01:23with the Ukrainian President Zelensky. The thing is, is that there are still a lot of big sticking

01:27points that really do need to be addressed, despite both sides, Ukraine and the U.S.,

01:33saying that they're making progress here. Of course, the thorniest issue, perhaps, when

01:38President Trump was asked directly yesterday, is what is going to happen when it comes to the future

01:42of potential territory concessions in eastern Ukraine in the Donbass region. It is our understanding

01:48that the latest draft agreement would include a referendum vote to allow Ukrainians to decide

01:53what happens to that region. But Ukraine needs to see some critical conditions met first, including

01:58that Russia would withdraw its troops from that region. That, I would say, is probably the most

02:03outstanding issue that still needs to be addressed here. In terms of progress in other areas, as you

02:11heard the Ukrainian President mentioning the security guarantees, we are starting to glean additional

02:16details on how these would be structured. After Bloomberg News had previously reported,

02:20it could mirror something close to NATO's Article 5 mutual defense clause, though, of course,

02:25without Ukraine actually joining into NATO. Our understanding is this would be a 15-year

02:30term in terms of a security guarantee with the possibility to extend it. A lot of things need

02:35to happen here, including that it could likely be codified by the United States Congress. But there was

02:41new reporting earlier today, Caroline and Paul, that Ukraine wants to see that extended even further.

02:45They want on the books that these guarantees could go 30 to 50 years. So that is just one of the many

02:51outstanding questions as these negotiations continue.