Ukraine Reacts With Shrug to Phone Call Between Trump and Putin

Author: Constant Méheut\
Published on: 30/04/2026 | 00:00:00

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Ukraine's relative indifference to the Trump-Putin call has a simple explanation, officials and analysts say. After more than a year of similar conversations, Ukrainians have stopped pinning their fears on them. Mr. Zelensky restated his position on Thursday that Ukraine favored a sustained pause in hostilities. Mr. Merezhko is expected to agree to a proposal raised by Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin in Wednesday’s call for a brief cease-fire. Trump dropped his demand for an immediate cease-fire and instead backed Russia’s proposal for direct negotiations over a broad peace deal. That negotiation framework would have favored Russia by allowing talks to proceed while its forces continued advancing on the battlefield, putting pressure on Ukraine to make concessions. Nearly three-quarters of Ukrainians said last month that they did not believe the current U.S.-mediated negotiations would lead to lasting peace, according to another poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. How We Verify Our Reporting Our team of visual journalists analyzes satellite images, photographs, videos and radio transmissions to independently confirm troop movements and other details. We monitor and authenticate reports on social media, corroborating these with eyewitness accounts and interviews.


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