Zelenskyy congratulates Trump on turning 80 in birthday call, vows more Ukraine peace talks at G7 on Tuesday

A gracious Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy spoke with President Donald Trump connected the eve of the G7 Summit, helium announced Sunday connected X, congratulating Trump connected turning 80 and vowing further bid talks successful the coming days.

"I person conscionable had a large speech with @POTUS," Zelenskyy wrote Sunday connected X. "I congratulated President Trump connected his birthday, and we person had rather a elaborate treatment astir galore cardinal things – peace, surely, was among them. "I wished President Trump each success, supra each successful his enactment to extremity Russia’s warfare against Ukraine."

"I besides thanked him for each the enactment America has been providing to Ukraine, and it does substance that we retrieve with gratitude each measurement of that enactment – from Javelins to Patriots," Zelenskyy continued. "We discussed things that could assistance bring astir bid now, and I informed the President astir the latest developments connected the battlefield and however our presumption has strengthened."

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President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy conscionable successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected Feb. 28, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Afp)

Notably, the G7 Summit volition bring nonstop talks betwixt the leaders of 7 large industrialized economies, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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"We agreed that we volition sermon much during our gathering astatine the G7 Summit," Zelenskyy concluded. "We person immoderate bully ideas that could assistance beforehand bid and support lives. Thank you!"

The telephone came arsenic Trump turned 80 and prepared to question aboriginal Monday moring to France for the G7, wherever Ukraine and Russia’s warfare is expected to beryllium s large topic. Trump volition enactment successful a moving league Tuesday greeting with Zelenskyy astatine the summit, though not needfully a ceremonial bilateral meeting, according to a elder medication official.

The outreach besides comes arsenic European leaders question to support Trump engaged connected Ukraine argumentation and propulsion for renewed diplomatic efforts involving Kyiv, Moscow and Europe. European officials are expected to usage the G7 gathering to property Trump connected a program to restart negotiations with Russia portion besides preparing further unit connected Moscow.

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Trump has hoped to person secured an Iranian bid pact earlier the G7 and has agelong hoped his planetary peacemaking efforts would yet "end the death" successful confederate and eastbound Ukraine, wherever Russia's Vladimir Putin has sought to involvement assertion to ample swaths of onshore during the ongoing war.