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Trump-Zelensky call, frustrated Democrats, Drake-Kendrick beef & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump spoke with Ukraine's president this morning a day after Trump's call with Russia's president about the war in Ukraine. Tensions within the Democratic party have hit a boiling point. The man who was last seen with the US college student missing in the Dominican Republic has won his request for freedom. Previously classified records on the JFK assassination have been released by the Trump administration. Plus, we’ll tell you why Drake’s record label says he lost his rap battle with Kendrick Lamar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey there from CNN. I'm Krista Bow with The Five Things You Need to Know for Wednesday, March 19th.

0:42.0

President Donald Trump said he had a quote, very good call with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky this morning, as Kiev wanted to learn more about another important phone

0:46.4

call Trump had.

0:47.4

It's the first known time the two leaders have spoken since the tense Oval Office meeting

0:51.9

a few weeks ago.

0:53.4

And it comes a day after President Trump spoke to Russia's Vladimir Putin,

0:57.1

where he agreed to temporarily halt attacks on energy infrastructure targets in Ukraine,

1:02.1

not energy and infrastructure.

1:04.9

Those are two very different things.

1:06.6

The U.S. believes the agreement means the latter.

1:09.4

So National Security Advisor Mike Walts said they'll hash it out in talks in Saudi Arabia's

1:13.9

capital in the coming days.

1:15.7

Putin stopped short of agreeing to a broader 30-day ceasefire, which Zelensky has agreed

1:20.9

to.

1:21.8

And just hours after the agreement, Russia and Ukraine traded aerial assaults overnight.

1:26.8

But both countries confirmed today they each swapped 175 prisoners of war.

1:32.3

Frustration in the Democratic Party is boiling over, with some voters like this one at town halls

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