Trump and Putin start phone call on ending Ukraine war

Lala Minasazova
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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin began phone talks on Tuesday which Washington hopes will convince Moscow to accept a ceasefire in the Ukraine war and move towards a permanent end to the three-year-old conflict, Report informs via Reuters.

A White House official said the two leaders had been on the phone since 14:00 GMT.

"The call is going well, and still in progress," Dan Scavino, White House deputy chief of staff, wrote in a post on X.

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