Contacts with Putin began three to four weeks ago, it was not publicized – Trump
US President Donald Trump said that he had previously had telephone conversations with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. These calls were not publicized.
He said this in an interview with the Washington Examiner, Censor.NET reports.
According to Trump, the conversation the day before was not the call that started it all, as he had previously spoken with Putin, but it was not publicly announced.
"In fact, the beginning was three or four weeks ago [...] This is a continuation of a positive trend," the American president said.
When asked to comment on yesterday's conversation with Putin, Trump said that the Kremlin leader "was very confident, very strong, as he is," and allegedly showed a willingness to end the war.
Trump expressed confidence that a ceasefire and a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia would happen "pretty quickly."
At the same time, he did not disclose details of the ways to put pressure on Russia but said that there were "good reasons" why the Russian leader would agree to end the war.
Trump also reiterated that the United States allegedly spent $350 billion on the war, although he admitted that this was only his opinion.
"They (probably the Ukrainians - ed.) like to say 190 billion, 200 billion - whether it's true or not, but in my opinion, we've spent 350 billion and we've got nothing out of it," he said.
Trump-Putin conversation
As a reminder, on Tuesday, March 18, US President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin had a phone conversation.
The Kremlin has provided details of a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
The White House also spoke about the results of a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Trump himself said that he had agreed with Putin to work quickly to end the horrible war in Ukraine.
Earlier it was reported that Trump and Putin agreed that the movement to peace would begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire.
And late on Tuesday night, March 18, Russian invaders hit a health care facility in the city of Sumy with a "shahed".
