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2025-05-20First seen
2025-05-20Last seen
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Russia, Ukraine, United States
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Active conflict

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Trump and Putin held a two-hour call on May 19; it yielded no tangible progress. It adds that Trump encouraged direct Putin-Zelensky negotiations and that Putin reiterated that a ceasefire must address the crisis’s “root causes.”

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Ukraine and RussiaErik’s assessment

Trump-Putin call assessed as producing no tangible peace progress

Trump and Putin held a two-hour call on May 19; it yielded no tangible progress. It adds that Trump encouraged direct Putin-Zelensky negotiations and that Putin reiterated that a ceasefire must address the crisis’s “root causes.”

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  1. Trump-Putin call assessed as producing no tangible peace progress

    Erik’s assessmentActive conflictUkraine and Russia

    Presidents Trump and Putin spoke by phone yesterday, but the two-hour call yielded no tangible progress towards peace.

    Trump and Putin held a two-hour call on May 19; it yielded no tangible progress. It adds that Trump encouraged direct Putin-Zelensky negotiations and that Putin reiterated that a ceasefire must address the crisis’s “root causes.”

    Open source report