Trump, Zelenskyy pledge in phone call to work for end to war in Ukraine

Trump briefed Zelenskyy on his phone call on Tuesday with Vladimir Putin, in which the Russian president rejected a proposed full 30-day ceasefire sought by Trump and accepted by Ukraine, but agreed to pause attacks on energy infrastructure.

Trump failed to even get Putin to agree to a ceasefire.

I could have told him he would fail because Putin does not want peace.

Whatever Trump utters is nothing but praising himself!

He definitely wants to get the "Swedish award".

Don't trust Trump or Putain, they're standing on the same side.

Putin is laughing at Trump. Putin has no desire for peace.

Only a matter of time until Team Manbaby does something asinine like cut Ukraine off from intelligence again. It's highly possible this was agreed to with Putin but the administration thinks they can keep everyone fooled whose side they are one.

Just to back up what I said about Trump and Putain and their "cease fire initiative".

This is from a person on the ground in Ukraine:

"After #Trump's 'successful' call with #Putin about a ceasefire, #Russia attacked #Ukraine with 145 drones and ballistic missiles. The only way to stop this madness and achieve lasting peace is to defeat and demilitarize Russia".

*on

Where are the 20,l000+ Ukrainian children Putin / Russia kidnapped?

Kyiv regime attacked Russian infrastructure..

The truce in broken..

Russia will attack and liberate more land..

Trump's peace never existed..

Russia keep fight till final victory..

He is not holding any cards.

Russia took more than 6 million from the civil war. (biggest)

Most of them are Russian speaking victims.

No one cared about them for 8 years, including quarters who claim they do, even now.

Only a matter of time until Team Manbaby does something asinine like cut Ukraine off from intelligence again.

That is always a possibility

It's highly possible this was agreed to with Putin but the administration thinks they can keep everyone fooled whose side they are one.

No one is being fooled, Zelenskyy doesn’t have any options, you take what you can get at this point.

He is right. Public justice was meted out in Odessa recently. No wonder they fear elections.

Trump briefed Zelenskyy on his phone call on Tuesday with Vladimir Putin, in which the Russian president rejected a proposed full 30-day ceasefire sought by Trump and accepted by Ukraine, but agreed to pause attacks on energy infrastructure.

...and then after that the russians directly attacked an ukrainian power plant.

Putin is trolling Trump and he's too stupid to even realize it. He has absolutely no desire to achieve peace because he realized being at war was much more beneficial to him and his regime. This war will not end until Putin ends.

and then after that the russians directly attacked an ukrainian power plant.

What power plant? Which one?

Putin is trolling Trump and he's too stupid to even realize it.

Hogwash, he knows exactly what Putin is doing, the question is, what do liberals want? At least he’s got Vlad talking to him, that’s a good start, the man wouldn’t even talk to Biden, let alone take him seriously, but at least Trump and Putin are talking that is a huge first step.

He has absolutely no desire to achieve peace because he realized being at war was much more beneficial to him and his regime.

Again, what should Trump do? Threaten the guy???

This war will not end until Putin ends.

Well, in that case, there is only one way to permanently end this, and you think this is the right course of action to take? Really?

Kyiv regime has NOT agreed to the generous terms Putin offered for 30 days.

The ball is in their court - and by default their sponsors.

Putin kept Trump waiting for one hour for their phone chat.

Fake news. Witkoff wasn't kept waiting, nor Trump.

Great Powers talk. That is why many are angry at him. He is conducting something the previous incumbent was incapable of.

Hogwash, he knows exactly what Putin is doing, the question is, what do liberals want? At least he’s got Vlad talking to him, that’s a good start, the man wouldn’t even talk to Biden, let alone take him seriously, but at least Trump and Putin are talking that is a huge first step.

Donald Trump has no idea what anybody is doing most of the time, because he's both stupid and senile. The reason Biden wasn't talking to Vlad is because he knew it was useless. Because Vlad is an untrustworthy liar who doesn't care about making deals and much less respects them.

Again, what should Trump do? Threaten the guy???

There are myriads of things he could be doing instead of surrendering to a dictator.

Putin kept Trump waiting for one hour for their phone chat.

Debunked news

https://eadaily.com/en/news/2025/03/15/putin-did-not-pickle-witkoff-the-special-envoy-did-not-wait-for-the-reception-for-9-hours-trump

It accused Kyiv of failing to call off its own attacks in what it called an attempt to sabotage the agreement.

well, Ukraine did attack energy infrastructure the same day Russia agreed to a ceasefire on that. Hope it wasn’t intentional.

Donald Trump has no idea what anybody is doing most of the time, because he's both stupid and senile.

If that were true he would have never gotten this far in life, not even close.

The reason Biden wasn't talking to Vlad is because he knew it was useless.

Well, how did that work out for Zelenskyy?

There are myriads of things he could be doing instead of surrendering to a dictator.

Ok, like what?

JJE

Fake news. Witkoff wasn't kept waiting, nor Trump.

Yup. They both were. Putin signaling who is in command.

Great Powers talk. That is why many are angry at him. He is conducting something the previous incumbent was incapable of.

The US is a great power. Russia is not.

Also important to observe the Kyiv regime let loose their largest ever drone attack - by their own admission and bragging - on Moscow and surrounding areas, targeting civilians, just before the recent Saudi talks.

They didn't hide it. Some of the 'liberal' continental papers even winced at the outright killing of civilians - because it undermined the fallacy of their heroes 'not targeting civilians', which they have done for decades now (even in their own country).

bass4funk

The reason Biden wasn't talking to Vlad is because he knew it was useless.

Well, how did that work out for Zelenskyy?

Great. He got the arms he needed.

such as?

The lack of imagination of MAGA otakus is really flabbergasting. Can you not envision any other ideas other than the ones Trump has?

Let me help you: he could work with Europe to apply maximum pressure on Russia with even more sanctions and seizures of assets. He could help the EU to seize the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets and use that money to arm Ukraine. He could call for a supplemental aid package and provide new munitions and missiles. He could apply more pressure on Russia's allies. He could encourage Europe to set a deadline for Ukraine’s EU membership. I could go on, but you get the idea. Hopefully.

More step-by-step DJT Peace Progress, most people of Ukraine happy to have more substantiated confidence their lights and heat will remain on vs. rolling blackouts.

More important, the conflict's gradually de-escalating vs. escalation path risking WWIII.

Expect next step to involve free movement in Black Sea.

DJT understands Putin has exerted great restraint in this conflict to date by not using many weapons easily at his disposal and DJT wants to keep it that way.

Thus, critical for Ukraine to also de-escalate attacks on Russian energy facilities for Peace process to stay on track.

Then how does the war end?

Great. He got the arms he needed

So then now need to a ceasefire, Zelenskyy’s got this.

bass4funk

Putin kept Trump waiting for one hour for their phone chat.

Debunked news

> https://eadaily.com/en/news/2025/03/15/putin-did-not-pickle-witkoff-the-special-envoy-did-not-wait-for-the-reception-for-9-hours-trump

The article is about Witkoff, not Trump. Stay on target.

World cares about conflict and need for Peace's obvious, as dozens and dozens of countries directly involved in $funding and equipping two combatant countries at great $cost, death, destruction and risk of WWIII

Above why majority of citizens in US, EU, Ukraine & Russia want Peace and busy electing politicians like DJT committed to Peace = Political Re-Alignment

Trump HUMILIATED by Putin, on hold for AN HOUR!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc-GY3Mva6M&ab_channel=DavidPakmanShow

Nope, they aren't. 

 None of that happened.

If Biden had done them

so those would be Biden’s failures.

glad to see you starting to figure this all out finally.

Newsflash DJT not holding the phone, plenty of aides can do that, because Peace is so important for the world.

DJT cares about rebuilding normal ties with Russia, China, even Iran & NK but with war raging that's not possible. World security, including normal demand for US$ and currencies not possible without normalization.

You:

Give Zelensky what he wants (so that he can try to continue waging war forever)". That idea is dumb. You should know that.

Trump was NOT waiting on the phone. What a foolish statement!

By any measure, it was one of the longest calls by any president since the end of the Cold War. It was scheduled at a certain GMT time within two hours - and took place EXACTLY in that 120 min space, with an added 30 minutes.

Hopefully the bilateral dialogue will continue.

Putin today laughed off a warning that he was leaving it late for his phone call to Donald Trump.

what the White House described as a "fantastic" one-hour phone call

More like a normal call if Trump didn't shout at Zelenskyy while spouting Russian propaganda. Unfortunately, Putin now knows he can easily manipulate Trump through those around him, and Trump will not strengthen Ukraine giving Russia no reason to agree to his ceasfire. Russia is demanding even more concessions even for the ceasefire, which they know Ukraine cannot agree to, killing Trump's plan. Now the ball is back. What will Trump do? I expect a mess as Trump doesn't have the brains to deal with Putin.

Blacklabel

You:

Give Zelensky what he wants (so that he can try to continue waging war forever)". That idea is dumb. You should know that.

Nope. It's the only way this war ends without total surrender. You should know that.

so those would be Biden’s failures.

Yup. You must've missed the part where I repeated several times I'm not part of "a team", so I have absolutely no issue criticizing Biden -or any other democrat- for things he did or didn't do. But whatever mistakes Biden has made regardinr Ukraine, Trump is just doing a hundred times dumber and worse. And that is something you will never admit, because you built your personality around being a fan of a failed businessman turned reality TV star turned wannabe fascist dictator.

Give Zelensky what he wants (so that he can try to continue waging war forever)".

Ah yes, of course, it's the president of the country that was attacked, invaded and bombed that wants to... wage war forever. Very astute!

Nope. It's the only way this war ends without total surrender. You should know that.

how? Ukraine has already proven they can’t win, even when given 3 years, all the conventional weapons the world had available and probably half a trillion dollars of worldwide funding.

spring offensive, part 4?

People are missing the point: on Trump's first phone last month with Putin, the latter asked a very reasonable question - Are you on Ukraine's side? To this he replied he was on America's side. Thus, the dialogue can continue. Moscow is not going to negotiate with any party taking the adversary position: that is why there was zero contact with the previous incumbent.

Moscow perceives some realism in the new administration. And to his credit, he has attempted to spin the map around and try to understand the position of the other great power, freeing himself of dogmas which out-ruled diplomacy. Whether it leads to a sensible resolution of this provoked mess is another matter - but again - to his credit he is making a reasonable attempt.

The lack of imagination of MAGA otakus is really flabbergasting. Can you not envision any other ideas other than the ones Trump has?

Ok, how you feel is irrelevant with all due respect, you’re not the President or have to make heavy life changing decisions. I just want to know only what Trump should do, leave out the other emotional crap.

Let me help you:

I’m good, proceed

he could work with Europe to apply maximum pressure on Russia with even more sanctions and seizures of assets.

Ok, so that means Europe will triple to dollar amount on sanctions? All of them?

He could help the EU to seize the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets and use that money to arm Ukraine.

He might do that, if all else fails.

He could call for a supplemental aid package and provide new munitions and missiles.

Not with US money, if the Europeans want to go that route, they should put that up.

He could apply more pressure on Russia's allies.

Which would do no good

He could encourage Europe to set a deadline for Ukraine’s EU membership.

That will never happen, no need to go there, if Europe does that, it’s all on them and the IS should just pull out altogether.

I could go on, but you get the idea. Hopefully.

I get it, but there’s nothing you said so far that would stop this guy with the exception of seizing the Russian assests…maybe

He could help the EU to seize the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets and use that money to arm Ukraine.

we already armed them 300 billion once. So when the new 300 billion runs out, with 100,000 more Ukrainians dead, what’s next?

Putin today laughed off a warning that he was leaving it late for his phone call to Donald Trump.

wallace, I've found the source you're using, claiming that Putin was laughing at Trump. It's Daily Mail. You, not having your own opinion, just rewrote the title. Putin is a very decent person and would never allow such behavior as laughing off. Besides the joke was about Peskov! Read not only the Daily Mail and Wikipedia.

Primusinter

Totally agree.

Let's go to the bottom of the story. Ukraine is bordering with Russia, and Moscow cannot have US nuclear missiles next to it. Same as Washington would not allow China or Russia to place military installations in Canada or Mexico. That's plain and simple common sense

Fos

Let's go to the bottom of the story. Ukraine is bordering with Russia, and Moscow cannot have US nuclear missiles next to it.

There was never any question of nuclear missiles installed in Ukraine. No new NATO country (i.e., since the 50's) has had nuclear missiles installed.

So this is not an issue and not why Russia invaded Ukraine. The reason why Russia invaded Ukraine was imperialism.

Same as Washington would not allow China or Russia to place military installations in Canada or Mexico. That's plain and simple common sense

And yet Russia recently installed it's nuclear missiles in Belarus, which borders Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, all NATO countries.

"" We're FOOLS to make war on our brothers in arms ""

D. Straits - Brothers In Arms

Surprising so many have so much 'angst' over clear positive DJT led steps to de-escalate the war in Ukraine?

Clear many prefer deadly dangerous $costly status quo risking WWIII escalation along with continued damage to currencies purchasing power and thus inflation.

Thankfully, majority of voters in US, EU, Ukraine & Russia now prefer Pathway to Peace vs. War = Common Sense!

at least Trump and Putin are talking that is a huge first step.

“I know Putin well. I would get that ended in a period of 24 hours, one hundred per cent, it would be easy. That deal would be easy."

Trump suggested to Zelenskyy the U.S. could help run, and possibly own, Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, according to a statement by the U.S. administration.

Just a suggestion

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed on Wednesday to work together to end Russia's war with Ukraine

Sounds like good news, but it depends on what Trump sees as the "end," and his position has been extremely worrying, repeating Kremlin lies and praising Putin, whilst publicly berating Zelenskyy and temporarily stopping military aid/intelligence.

Putin clearly doesn't want to "end" the war unless he achieves his aim -- subjugation and control of Ukraine -- so the question is: will Trump's teen-like crush on Putin win out over common sense and any decent advisors that may be left in the White House?

Luckily, Europe has finally woken up and is now re-arming at pace. It knows Trump can't be trusted, it fully understands the Russian threat, and millions of its people (including leaders like Kallas) lived under brutal Soviet rule and do not want those times to return.

Europe can't immediately replace the US' capabilities, but it can certainly do enough to stop Putin's rampage. And it now has the political will to do so.

(including leaders like Kallas) lived under brutal Soviet rule and do not want those times to return.

The truth is actually diametrically opposite:

https://x.com/Dal_Libano/status/1807207977985716339

we already armed them 300 billion once. 

small taters. The US spends an estimated $4 billion per day on its military. Per day.

OUR military.

not someone else’s halfway around the world.

If you had more friends you wouldn’t need to spend so much on your military. 3 million dollars every minute.

The United States spent $119.7bn on aid to Ukraine. Not 300 billion.

and the rest of the world, how much?

remember that the claim is that “Europe spent MORE than the US”

what’s the total worldwide amount?

HopeSpringsEternal

Surprising so many have so much 'angst' over clear positive DJT led steps to de-escalate the war in Ukraine?

All DJT has done is appease a murderous dictator who doesn't want peace anyway.

3 million dollars every minute.

talk about some erroneous math, geez.

talk about some erroneous math, geez.

"we already armed them 300 billion once."

Get your own RNG math right first. And then do as the mods told you and clear off.

The smiling faces of the POW,s say it all. It is great to see them going home.

The Kremlin said it had called off planned attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, including by shooting down seven of Russia's own drones heading towards Ukraine.

Amazing to read about Russia even shooting down its own drones as the infrastructure strike halt came into effect.

Trump suggested to Zelenskyy the U.S. could help run, and possibly own, Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, according to a statement by the U.S. administration.

Quote an interesting idea, could be a win win.