Donald Trump to talk to Putin, Zelensky, to stop "Bloodbath" to kill 5000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers per week | Today news

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, May 19 to stop the ‘massacre’, killing a week 5,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers. The US president said he would also talk to his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as various NATO members. ‘I will phone with President Vladimir Putin of Russia at 10:00 a.m. The subjects of the call will be the ‘massacre’ that kills for a week for a week a week, and then I will talk to President Zelensky of Ukraine, and then to President Zelenky, several Nato, ‘said. ‘Social media platform Truth Social in all caps, its signature style. Trump hoped that his discussions with the parties involved in the war would lead to a ceasefire and end the ‘violent’ Russia -Ukraine war. “Hopefully it will be a productive day, a ceasefire will take place, and this very violent war, a war that should never have happened will end. God bless us all! ‘ He said. Donald Trump’s remarks come a day after Moscow and Kyiv held their first direct peace talks in Istanbul in years. However, the discussions that lasted only 1 hour 40 minutes could not produce a ceasefire. The US president tried to mediate the peace between the two countries, while his administration regularly highlighted the murders as a result of the long war. Russia-Ukraine talks failed Friday, Russia delegations and Ukraine held their first direct discussions in more than three years, which did not lead to a ceasefire. The morning after the talks, a Russian drone attack on a minibus who transported evacuated civilians in the eastern Sumy region killed nine people and wounded five, the local authorities said. “Yesterday, as on any day of this war, there was an opportunity to stop fire,” Zelensky wrote on social media after the attack, adding that “Russia only retains the opportunity to continue killing”. After the talks, Kyiv said that Russia sent to Istanbul ‘a weak and unprepared’ delegation without a meaningful mandate, while real steps were needed to end the war.