The leaders spoke by phone for more than two hours as the White House presses for a deal to end the fighting in Ukraine.

Kyiv and its partners were considering arranging a high-level meeting between Ukraine, Russia, the United States, European Union countries and Britain as part of a push to end Moscow's war in Ukraine...

Putin said he was ready to work with Ukraine on a "memorandum on a possible future peace agreement", but did not address demands from the US and European countries for an unconditional 30-day ceasefir...

President Trump said the tone and spirit of his two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday about the war in Ukraine were "excellent," and Russia and Ukraine would "immediately start negotiations toward a ceasefire.