Trump to Call Putin and Zelenskyy Monday in Bid to End Ukraine War

President Donald Trump said he plans to speak by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday morning, followed by calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO allies, in an effort to broker a cease-fire in the Ukraine war. “I will be speaking, by telephone, to President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Monday, at 10:00 a.m.,” Trump wrote in a post on social media May 17. “The subjects of the call will be, stopping the ‘bloodbath’ that is killing, on average, more than 5,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers a week, and trade.” Trump added that he would then speak with Zelenskyy and various NATO allies to build support for ending what he called “a war that should have never happened.”...