Putin, Zelensky Call Trump on 80th Birthday as Peace Talks Stall
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- Putin and Zelensky each called Trump by phone on Sunday, according to the article
- The calls coincided with Trump celebrating his 80th birthday, ahead of the Group of 7 summit this week
- Trump has stepped back from mediating talks between Russia and Ukraine, the article states
- The deprioritization comes amid the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, which has consumed U.S. diplomatic focus
- Trump's reduced engagement on Russia-Ukraine means the conflict file enters the G7 effectively frozen, with no active U.S. push to revive mediation
Why it matters: With Trump no longer actively brokering the conflict, the Russia-Ukraine peace track is on ice as the U.S. redirects bandwidth toward the Iran war — meaning G7 allies this week inherit a stalled file with no clear American push to restart it, and the calls read as courtesy rather than diplomacy in motion.
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