Donald Trump has announced he will hold a high-stakes call with Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss ending the 'bloodbath' in Ukraine – as the brutal war continues to claim thousands of lives every week.
In a dramatic all-caps post on his Truth Social platform, the former U.S. president revealed the call would center on 'stopping the 'bloodbath' that is killing, on average, more than 5,000 Russians and Ukrainian soldiers a week, and trade.'
Trump, 78, added he would follow the Putin call with conversations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and 'various leaders of NATO.'
'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,' he wrote.
The surprise announcement comes just after Russian and Ukrainian officials met for their first in-person talks in three years.
