Trump says he will speak with Putin, Zelenskiy on Monday

May 17, 2025 - 15:30

FILE PHOTO: Daily newspapers with covers, dedicated to the recent phone call of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, are laid out at a newsstand in a street in Moscow, Russia, February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Illustration/File Photo - Source: REUTERS

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday at 10 a.m. Eastern (1400 GMT).

"THE SUBJECTS OF THE CALL WILL BE, STOPPING THE 'BLOODBATH' THAT IS KILLING, ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN 5000 RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS A WEEK, AND TRADE," he said in a post on Truth Social.

Trump said he would speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and various members of NATO afterwards.

Source: Reuters