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_Published 2025-03-19. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that they had a constructive call about moving toward a ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow, with the White House suggesting that the U.S. take control of Ukrainian power plants to ensure their security._


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## Transcript

Today, President Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky had a fantastic phone conversation. President Zelensky thanked President Trump for a productive start for the work of the Ukrainian and American teams in Jeddah on March 11th. The meeting of the senior officials from both nations significantly helped in moving toward ending the war. President Zelensky thanked President Trump for the support of the United States, especially the javelin missiles that President Trump was first to provide and his efforts towards peace. The leaders agreed Ukraine in America will continue working together to bring about a real end to the war, and that lasting peace under President Trump's leadership can be achieved.

President Trump fully briefed President Zelensky on his conversation with Putin and the key issues discussed. They reviewed the situation in Kursk and agreed to share information closely between their defense staffs as the battlefield situation evolved. President Zelensky asked for additional air defense systems to protect his civilians, particularly Patriot missile systems, and President Trump agreed to work with him to find what was available, particularly in Europe. The two leaders also agreed on a partial ceasefire against energy. Technical teams will meet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to discuss broadening the ceasefire to the Black Sea on the way to a full ceasefire.

They agreed this could be the first step toward the full end of the war and ensuring security. President Zelensky was grateful for the president's leadership in this effort and reiterated his willingness to adopt a full ceasefire. President Trump also discussed Ukraine's electrical supply and nuclear power plants. He said that the United States could be very helpful in running those plants with its electricity and utility expertise. American ownership of those plants would be the best protection for that infrastructure and support for Ukrainian energy infrastructure. President Zelensky also thanked President Trump for continuing to push humanitarian concerns, including the exchange of prisoners of war.

He noted they had just had a successful exchange and thanked the president for his leadership on that. Mary shared agreed to share. Closely share information between their defence staffs. Does that mean all intelligence sharing will continue? The white House is rejecting Russia's request. For intelligence sharing in terms of defense for Ukraine will continue to be shared. Mary. Thanks, Caroline. On the call with Zelensky, did they discuss the minerals deal at all? Is that back on the table and what do the Ukrainians have to do to get that back on the table again? I just provided a very lengthy readout of the call that was provided by the Secretary of State and the National Security Advisor, and now we have moved beyond the economic minerals deal.

We are at a place of peace. We're at a partial ceasefire, and we're moving towards a full ceasefire and a long standing peace in this conflict. And that's great news for the American public. Kremlin readout mentioned that Trump and Putin spoke about potential US-Russia hockey games. Again. As for the readouts of the call, I would refer you to ours. And when it comes to the topic of hockey, it did come up. However, we're more interested in securing a peace deal than scheduling hockey games right now.

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