On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared his intention to hold talks to end the war only with one Russian official—President Vladimir Putin—after agreeing on a common plan with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders.
At the Munich Security Conference, Zelensky said, “I will meet with only one Russian guy, with Putin, only after we will have common plan with Trump, Europe. And we will sit with Putin and stop the war. Only in this case I am ready to meet.”
Following United States President Donald Trump’s first conversation with President Zelensky after assuming office on Wednesday, Zelensky shared that Rump had given his personal number to him and had told him to call him anytime he wanted.
Zelensky stated, “It was funny… He said ‘you can call me anytime you want’, I said to him yes, thank you so much. But previous time you said me that you can call me directly anytime and did not give me your phone number.”
“He said – OK, right, you can call anytime,” he added. Zelenskyy is also expected to meet with U.S. Vice President JD Vance later. There are chances that Vance will also share Trump’s ideas for negotiating a settlement to the war.
