Trump-Putin call, Zelensky reacts: Russia does not know what it wants, we have made our principles of the agreement clear

2025-05-19 23:21:25 / BOTA ALFA PRESS

Trump-Putin call, Zelensky reacts: Russia does not know what it wants, we have
After a two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump announced that "Russia and Ukraine will immediately begin negotiations" towards a ceasefire agreement.

Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelensky's reaction has come. The Ukrainian president said that Russia "does not know what it wants" when it comes to the conditions for ending the war.

Russia has said it will draft a peace memorandum outlining its "principles" regarding ending the conflict, according to Zelensky, who added that he has not received any information on what these principles are.

Zelensky said Ukraine has made clear its principles for an agreement. Those principles include a “complete ceasefire without conditions or preconditions ,” a prisoner exchange and the return of Ukrainian children who were forcibly taken to Russia, he said.

The United States shares "the same principles" with Kiev, Zelensky said.