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Putin and Trump discuss Ukraine in ‘extremely frank’ call

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump on Tuesday discussed the Ukraine conflict in an “extremely frank” and constructive hour-long phone call, the Kremlin said.

It came after US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend in an attempt to kick-start long-stalled US efforts to end the fighting.

Washington has been pushing for fresh face-to-face talks between Moscow and Kyiv.

Kyiv says the talks could happen as early as this month, but the Kremlin on Monday said it was “too early” to discuss a venue or dates.

During their call on Tuesday, Putin and Trump “focused on the issue of a settlement in Ukraine”, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (right) welcomes US special envoy Steve Witkoff (second from left) and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner (left) in Moscow on Saturday. Photo: Sputnik via TNS

Trump called for a speedy end to the fighting, Ushakov said, while Putin presented an “objective and detailed analysis” of the frontline situation.

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