Zelensky has a phone conversation with Trump
Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Photo: ERA)

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is having a phone conversation with his American counterpart Donald Trump on the evening of May 8. This was reported by the press secretary of the head of state Serhiy Nikiforov .

The details of this conversation will be announced later by the Presidential Office.

Trump and Zelenskiy last met at the Vatican before Pope Francis' burial ceremony on April 26. It was the first time the politicians had met since their dispute at the White House in late February. The Ukrainian president later called the Vatican conversation "the shortest but most substantive".

After the Verkhovna Rada ratified the deal with the US on minerals on May 8, Trump said that he was looking forward to talking to Zelensky.

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  • On April 25, Trump said that Crimea will remain Russian and Zelenskyy allegedly understands this. In response, the Polish Foreign Minister reminded that it was the US that convinced Ukraine not to fight for the peninsula On May 3, Zelenskyy said that some countries want Ukraine to be alone in negotiations with Russia after the ceasefire On May 7, Biden said that Trump is putting pressure on Ukraine .
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