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Trump says he had "very good" call with Zelenskyy one day after speaking to Putin

Trump says he had "very good" call with Zelenskyy one day after speaking to Putin
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President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke on the phone Wednesday morning in a call that lasted roughly an hour, Mr. Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

"Just completed a very good telephone call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine," the president wrote. "It lasted approximately one hour. Much of the discussion was based on the call made yesterday with President Putin in order to align both Russia and Ukraine in terms of their requests and needs. We are very much on track, and I will ask Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and national security adviser Michael Waltz, to give an accurate description of the points discussed. That statement will be put out shortly."

The call comes a day after Mr. Trump's lengthy call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which Mr. Trump said Putin agreed to a 30-day ceasefire against Ukraine's energy and infrastructure. The commitment fell short of the full ceasefire pushed by the U.S. and agreed to by Ukraine. Hours after Mr. Trump and Putin hung up, Russia launched a series of drone strikes that struck civilian areas and damaged a hospital.

Zelenskyy said Tuesday night that "only a real halt to Russia's attacks on civilian infrastructure can signal a genuine desire to end this war and bring peace closer."

Wednesday's call is the first known conversation between Mr. Trump and Zelenskyy their disastrous Oval Office meeting last month that resulted in U.S. officials telling Ukrainians to leave the White House early.