Trump says we had a productive talk with Putin about the Ukraine war.

Talks between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the US-proposed ceasefire agreement in Ukraine have been hailed as “good and productive.”

This comes after the Kremlin confirmed that Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff met Thursday night in Moscow. They shared information and expressed the US’ “cautious optimism” over a peace process.

According to Trump’s Friday Truth Social post, the negotiations offered “a very good chance that this horrible, bloody war can finally come to an end.”

However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky insisted that Putin’s response thus far indicates Russia does not want a ceasefire and intends to continue the war.

In a string of posts on X, Zelensky stated, “Putin cannot leave this war because that would leave him with nothing.”

“That is why he is now doing everything he can to sabotage diplomacy by setting tough and unacceptable conditions right from the start even before a ceasefire.”

He claimed that Putin would “drag” everyone into “endless discussions… wasting days, weeks, and months on meaningless talks while his guns continue to kill people.”

“All of Putin’s demands are merely an effort to thwart diplomatic efforts. Russia operates in this manner. We also issued a warning about this.

In his daily speech the previous evening, Zelensky stated that Putin “doesn’t say ‘no’ outright” and was getting ready to “reject” a ceasefire.

The US-proposed ceasefire agreement, which Russia has not yet accepted, was accepted by Ukraine earlier this week.

Trump claims that the US and Putin had “productive” discussions about the war in Ukraine.

In his social media posts on Friday, Zelensky stated, “I strongly urge everyone who can influence Russia, especially the United States, to take strong steps that can help.” He also added that Putin would not be able to end the war by himself.

He claimed that Putin was “doing everything possible to ensure that diplomacy fails” and that he was lying about “the true state of his economy” and “the real situation on the battlefield… the casualties.”

However, according to the White House, the two sides have “never been this close to peace. “

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted that Thursday’s meetings between Witkoff and Putin in Moscow were “productive” while speaking to reporters.

Trump has been “putting pressure on Putin and the Russians to do the right thing,” she continued.

Trump said in his social media post that it would be a “horrible massacre” not seen since World War Two and “strongly requested” that Putin spare the lives of Ukrainian troops, who he said were surrounded by Russian forces.

His remarks followed Putin’s declaration on Thursday that Ukrainian forces in Kursk had been “isolated”. They were attempting to withdraw, as Russia intensifies its attempts to retake the territory that Ukraine had invaded the previous year.

Putin and Donald Trump talk was successful.

However, the general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces denied the encirclement of its troops on Friday, claiming it was “false and fabricated.”

According to a statement, Ukrainian troops withdrew and “successfully regrouped” to better defensive positions, and operations were ongoing.

On Telegram, it stated, “There is no threat of encirclement of our units.”

Putin responded to Trump’s request by saying that if Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk surrendered and gave up their weapons, they would be treated with “dignity in line with the norms of international law and the laws of the Russian Federation.”

The host Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said that all the G7 members agreed with the United States’ proposal for a ceasefire that Ukrainians backed during the group’s recent meeting in Quebec.

“And we are currently researching and examining Russian responses, so in the end, the initiative regarding Ukraine is now in Russia’s hands.”

According to UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who attended the meeting as well, the members were united in demanding a ceasefire with “no conditions.”

After the meeting, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized that the “only way to end this war is through a process of negotiations” and stated that the US would not base its foreign policy decisions on statements made by leaders at a news conference or on social media.