Putin and Zelensky hold separate calls with Trump on his birthday

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On his 80th birthday, Donald Trump fielded separate calls from Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, the leaders of the two warring nations. Both conversations touched on the Ukraine conflict and pathways to ending the four-year war, though the article provides no detail on what either leader proposed or whether Trump offered a unified vision. The symbolic timing underscores Trump's central position in potential peace negotiations, even as the substantive differences between Moscow and Kyiv remain vast.