New York, Oct 16, 2025

US President Donald Trump on Thursday started a reboot of the attempts to end the “inglorious” Russia-Ukraine war and announced that he will meet with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.

Ahead of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky meeting at the White House on Friday, Trump talked with Putin and said on Truth Social, “I believe great progress was made with today’s telephone conversation.”

He said he will discuss with Zelensky his talk with Putin.

Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed the talk.

Trump’s highly publicised summit in Alaska in August ended without an agreement, and he began taking a hard line on Russia.

Fresh off the success in stopping the Gaza conflict, Trump has turned his attention back to the Ukraine War.

“I actually believe that the

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