A phone conversation held by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin has now ended, according to Russian state media.
The pair spoke for more than two hours in a call that Putin called “informative, frank and very useful”, RIA Novosti reported.
“A ceasefire in the situation in Ukraine for a certain period of time is possible if appropriate agreements are reached,” the Russian leader reportedly said.
Russia is ready to work with Kyiv on a memorandum on a future peace treaty, Tass quoted the Russian president as saying.
Tass also reported that Trump said Russia favours a peaceful resolution to the conflict, despite Moscow unilaterally launching the invasion and sending only a low-level delegation of junior politicians to Friday’s peace talks.
IFX reported Putin said the root causes of the conflict must be eliminated – language the Russian leader often uses as code to mean the removal of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the installation of a Russian proxy government, as well as the incorporation of five Ukrainian regions into Russia.
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