{"id":237431,"date":"2025-02-12T17:34:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T17:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/trump-says-call-with-putin-is-beginning-of-ukraine-peace-negotiations\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T17:34:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T17:34:20","slug":"trump-says-call-with-putin-is-beginning-of-ukraine-peace-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/trump-says-call-with-putin-is-beginning-of-ukraine-peace-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/images\/icons\/defaultPromoCrop.png?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Trump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations\" title=\"Trump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump said on Wednesday that he had a \u201clengthy and highly productive phone call\u201d with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, characterizing it as the beginning of a negotiation to end the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was the first confirmed conversation between the two men during Mr. Trump\u2019s second term, coming as Mr. Trump has made clear to advisers that finding a U.S.-backed end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a priority for his administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe discussed Ukraine, the Middle East, Energy, Artificial Intelligence, the power of the Dollar, and various other subjects,\u201d Mr. Trump wrote in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe each talked about the strengths of our respective Nations, and the great benefit that we will someday have in working together,\u201d Mr. Trump added. \u201cBut first, as we both agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the War with Russia\/Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He said he planned to inform President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine that both countries planned to \u201chave our respective teams start negotiations immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump wrote that the U.S. negotiating team would include Secretary of State Marco Rubio; John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director; his national security adviser, Michael Waltz, and his Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff, who was in Moscow this week and retrieved the American schoolteacher <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/11\/us\/politics\/marc-fogel-teacher-released-russia.html\" title=\"\">Marc Fogel<\/a>, who was imprisoned for more than three years in Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Kremlin\u2019s spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, told reporters that the call lasted almost an hour and a half. He said that the two men agreed to hold a personal meeting and that Mr. Putin invited Mr. Trump to visit Moscow. He also said that in the call, Mr. Putin agreed with Mr. Trump that \u201cthe time has come for our countries to work together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump has repeatedly refused to say whether he had spoken to Mr. Putin before Wednesday, although individuals who would know of such a call in the U.S. government were not aware of one, according to people briefed on the president\u2019s conversations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump has often made admiring remarks about the Russian president, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/22\/world\/europe\/trump-putin-russia-ukraine.html\" title=\"\">whom he called a \u201cgenius\u201d<\/a> after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. But in the first week of Mr. Trump\u2019s second term, he was more critical, saying the Russian president should not have invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe can\u2019t be thrilled; he\u2019s not doing so well,\u201d Mr. Trump <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/21\/us\/politics\/trump-putin-russia-ukraine.html\" title=\"\">told reporters<\/a> in the Oval Office hours after he was inaugurated. \u201cRussia is bigger. 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