There is a tremendous opportunity for Russia to create massive amounts of jobs and wealth,
I reaffirmed that Ukraine is ready to be engaged in real diplomacy and underscored the importance of a full and unconditional ceasefire as soon as possible,
Russia wants to do largescale TRADE with the United States when this catastrophic 'bloodbath' is over, and I agree,
The conditions for [a ceasefire and end to the war] will be negotiated between the two parties, as it can only be, because they know details of a negotiation that nobody else would be aware of,
I believe that peace at any price is not peace at all,
His sensibilities are that he's got to get on the phone with President Putin, and that is going to clear up some of the logjam and get us to the place that we need to get to,
I would like to note that, in general, Russia's position is clear. The main thing for us is to eliminate the root causes of this crisis,
He has made it clear to both sides that he wants to see a peaceful resolution and ceasefire as soon as possible,
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,
We realize there's a bit of an impasse here. ... We're going to try to end it, but if we can't end it, we're eventually going to say: 'You know what? That was worth a try, but we're not doing any more,
I'm not sure that Vladimir Putin has a strategy himself for how to unwind the war,
We agreed with the President of the United States that Russia will propose and is ready to work with the Ukrainian side on a memorandum regarding a possible future peace treaty,
We have also touched upon the need for sanctions against Russia, bilateral trade, defense cooperation, battlefield situation and upcoming prisoners exchange,
I believe he wants to stop,
I believe it went very well,
I asked him not to make any decisions about Ukraine without us before his conversation with Putin,
Tomorrow (Monday) President Putin must show he wants peace by accepting the 30-day unconditional ceasefire proposed by President Trump and backed by Ukraine and Europe,
He and I will meet, and I think we'll solve it or maybe not,
It was very informative and very open and overall, in my opinion, very useful,
Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War,