European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced today that she had a conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about the development of the situation in Ukraine in recent days and the next steps, Reuters reports, BTA reports.
“We discussed the next steps on the path to negotiating a peace agreement, Ukraine's future membership in the European Union, as well as efforts to restore it,“ von der Leyen wrote in a post on the social network X.
A day earlier, Zelensky held telephone conversations with US President Donald Trump and a number of European leaders as part of an active diplomatic initiative.
According to information from the White House, Trump may meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as next week.