Trump announced the appearance of the outlines of an agreement on Ukraine after contacts with Putin

On March 21, US President Donald Trump said that the contours of a peace agreement on Ukraine had already been formed as a result of his contacts with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky.

The American leader called his talks with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine excellent.

"I have to tell you, I behaved very well with both gentlemen, and we have the boundaries of the deal [on Ukraine]," Trump said in an interview with reporters at the White House.

He added that in Ukraine, the United States spent $350 billion on a conflict that could have been prevented.

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The telephone conversation between Putin and Trump took place on the evening of March 18. During the conversation, they exchanged views on the Ukrainian conflict, and also discussed a wide range of areas in which the United States and Russia could establish cooperation.

On March 24, negotiations between the delegations of Russia and the United States will be held in Riyadh on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine and the implementation of the Black Sea initiative. The Russian expert group will be headed by Grigory Karasin, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, and Sergey Beseda, Adviser to the head of the Federal Security Service (FSB).