Trump: not practical for Ukraine to join NATO

13/2/2025 6:06

U.S. President Donald

Trump said on Wednesday he did not think it was practical for

Ukraine to join NATO and that it was unlikely Ukraine will get

back all of its land.



Trump discussed the war in Ukraine on Wednesday in phone

calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in the U.S. president's first big

step toward diplomacy in a conflict he has promised to end.



Trump said he and Putin expect to meet in the future,

probably in Saudi Arabia.



Trump described his call with Putin as a good conversation

and said it lasted over an hour. He made the remarks to

reporters on Wednesday afternoon.



Zelenskiy's office said Trump and Zelenskiy spoke by phone

for about an hour, while the Kremlin said Putin's call with

Trump lasted nearly an hour and a half.



The Kremlin said Putin and Trump had agreed to meet, and

Putin had invited Trump to visit Moscow.



There had been speculation the two leaders would meet in a

third country, with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

seen as possible venues, according to Russian sources.



Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February

2022. It had annexed Crimea in 2014.