Kyiv, May 17 (AP) President Donald Trump says he will speak by phone Monday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine.

Trump said in a social media post Saturday that the subject will be “STOPPING THE 'BLOODBATH.”

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The American president said he also then plans to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and members of NATO.

“HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A PRODUCTIVE DAY,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social site. (AP)

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