‘We’ve to get it done’: Trump offers to join proposed Russia-Ukraine talks in Turkey

Ukraine has always supported diplomacy. I am ready to come to Türkiye. Unfortunately, the world still has not received a clear response from Russia to the numerous proposals for a ceasefire.

Russian shelling and assaults continue. Moscow has remained silent all day regarding the… pic.twitter.com/4AGiLX5Sdf

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 12, 2025

“I’ve got so many meetings, but I was thinking about actually flying over there. There’s a possibility of it, I guess, if I think things can happen, but we’ve got to get it done,” Trump said before departing for his second foreign trip since he returned to White House in January.

Trump further added “Don’t underestimate Thursday in Turkey.” During his election campaigning for the 2024 US presidential election, Trump had said that he would mediate and end the Russia-Ukraine war as soon as he takes office, while the US tried to mediate to end the hostilities, the efforts haven’t produced significant results.

Zelenskyy, in his video address on Monday said, attacks by the Russian military haven’t stopped and the Kremlin hasn’t responded to his calls whether Putin would meet him in Turkey later this week for a proposed talk.

“Russian shelling and assaults continue. Moscow has remained silent all day regarding the proposal for a direct meeting. A very strange silence,” Zelenskyy said, Reuters reported.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Zelenskyy discussed the proposed talks which the Ukrainian leader says “may help end the war.” Erdogan said that the talks are a new window of opportunity which was not to be squandered.