Putin and Trump discuss Ukraine in 'extremely frank' call

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and former US President Donald Trump held an hour-long phone call discussing the Ukraine conflict in an extremely frank manner. This follows US negotiators visiting Moscow and Kyiv to revive stalled peace efforts.

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 kickstart long-stalled US efforts to end the fighting. Washington has been pushing for fresh face-to-face talks between Moscow and Kyiv.