Washington, May 17 -- Former US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that he will hold separate phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday (local time), with the aim of stopping the ongoing war in Ukraine, which he described as a "bloodbath."

Sharing a post on his social media, 'Truth Social,' he wrote that the calls will focus on stopping the "bloodbath" in Ukraine, which has resulted in significant losses for both Russian and Ukrainian soldiers, and trade.

"I will be speaking, by telephone, to President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Monday, at 10:00 am The subjects of the call will be stopping the 'bloodbath' that is killing, on average, more than 5,000 Russian and Ukr...