{"id":1382818,"date":"2026-06-05T14:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1382818"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:14:22","slug":"they-need-to-do-it-trump-responds-to-zelenskyy-s-open-letter-to-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/they-need-to-do-it-trump-responds-to-zelenskyy-s-open-letter-to-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThey Need to Do It\u201d: Trump Responds to Zelenskyy&#8217;s Open Letter to Putin"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>US President Donald Trump has commented on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy&#8217;s open letter to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and said he supports the idea of a meeting between the two leaders.<\/p>\n   <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eafk0lNExQE\">According to the White House<\/a>, cited by <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a>, Trump stressed that both sides must find compromises in order to stop the loss of life on the battlefield. He also said that the United States played a significant role in facilitating the possibility of such a meeting.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;I\u2019m glad that they may be discussing the possibility of a meeting. I think we played a major role in that. It would be great if they met. They need to do it. They will have to make compromises. I have proposed those compromises. I want each side to make certain concessions,&#8221; the US president said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Earlier, it was reported that President Zelenskyy had sent an open letter to Putin. In the letter, the Ukrainian leader proposed a direct meeting to discuss possible ways of ending the war.<\/p>\n   <p>Zelenskyy emphasized that only a mutual decision by the leaders of the two countries could bring an end to the fighting.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-publishes-open-letter-to-russian-president-this-war-is-your-personal-choice\/\">Zelenskyy Publishes Open Letter to Russian President: \u201cThis War Is Your Personal Choice\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump has commented on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy&#8217;s open &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1254547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36415,53,36422,54,55,50],"tags":[76,78,72927],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1382818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-russia-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-usa-en","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-peace-talks"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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