President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he and Russian president Vladimir Putin had spoken and agreed to “immediately” open negotiations on how to end the war on Ukraine which Putin launched with an unprovoked invasion nearly three years ago.
He added that he and Putin both agreed to “have our respective teams start negotiations immediately” on talks to end the war and said he would be informing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of the development in a separate call.
In a statement posted to his Truth Social platform, Trump said he’d had “a lengthy and highly productive phone call” with the Russian leader, during which they discussed “Ukraine, the Middle East, Energy, Artificial Intelligence, the power of the Dollar, and various other subjects.”.
Speaking at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels, Hegseth said American troops would not be involved in any post-war effort to guarantee Ukrainian security because that responsibility should fall to Europe alone.
The president continued by announcing that the U.S. negotiating team for the yet-to-be commenced talks will consist of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, White House National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, and Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff.
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