Trump called Zelensky and European leaders after talks in Istanbul.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a number of European leaders held a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump after talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Istanbul. This was reported on May 16 by the Ukrainian newspaper Strana.ua" with reference to the office of the president.

It is specified that among the European leaders who had a conversation with Trump are French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish and British Prime Ministers Donald Tusk and Keir Starmer, as well as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who are currently at the summit of the European Political Community in Albania.

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Earlier in the day, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations at the talks in Turkey agreed to present their vision of a cease-fire and exchange prisoners of war in the "1000 by 1000" format in the coming days.

It was clarified that the meeting was held at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul. The Russian side was represented by Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Igor Kostyukov and Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin.