Donald Trump has said Russia and Ukraine will “immediately” begin ceasefire negotiations after a two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin on Monday.
The US president said the conversation with Mr Putin was “excellent”, as he also laid out plans for opening trade with Russia after the war was over.
After the call, he spoke with with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in hopes of making progress toward a ceasefire.
He also claimed that talks between Russia and Ukraine could be hosted by The Vatican. “Let the process being,” he wrote in a Truth Social post.
Moscow also said that Putin was now ready to work towards peace and on a memorandum about future peace talks.
The call came after Mr Trump last week vowed to meet Putin “as soon as we can” during a diplomatic fiasco prompted by the Russian president shunning peace talks in Turkey.
Earlier, US vice president JD Vance told reporters the administration realised there was an “impasse” that needed to be resolved to bring an end to the conflict.
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Key Points
- Ceasefire negotiations to begin 'immediately', says Trump
- Russia ready to work toward ending fighting, Moscow says after Trump call
- Call went 'very well', says Trump
- Trump-Putin talk for two hours on crucial call
- Zelensky and Trump speak on phone
Putin addresses Russia Watch: Ukraine ceasefire hopes after phone call with Trump
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Athena Stavrou
Ukraine, Russia, US, EU and UK leaders could meet, Zelensky says
19:43
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Athena Stavrou
Leaders from Ukraine, Russia, the US, EU and Britain could meet in an effort to secure a peace deal, Zelensky has said.
Speaking to reporters in Kyiv after holding two phone calls with Donald Trump on Monday, Zelensky said he hoped the meeting could happen as soon as possible and that it could be hosted by Turkey, the Vatican or Switzerland.
EU leaders thank Trump for 'tireless efforts'
19:34
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Athena Stavrou
After his phone call with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump spoke with a number of European leaders to inform them about the discussion.
EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said they had a “good call” and thanked Trump for “his tireless efforts to bring a ceasefire to Ukraine.”
Pictured: Putin talks to reporters after phone call with Trump
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Athena Stavrou
Trump lays out possibility of 'largescale' US-Russia trade deal
19:13
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Athena Stavrou
Donald Trump has spoken about the possibility of a trade deal between the US and Russia after the war with Ukraine is over.
Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed trade during their “excellent” two-hour phone call on Monday.
“Russia wants to do largescale TRADE with the United States when this catastrophic “bloodbath” is over, and I agree,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social after the call.
“There is a tremendous opportunity for Russia to create massive amounts of jobs and wealth. Its potential is UNLIMITED. Likewise, Ukraine can be a great beneficiary on Trade, in the process of rebuilding its Country.”
The US banned imports of Russian oil, gas and coal after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Talks could be hosted by The Vatican, says Trump
19:04
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Athena Stavrou
Donald Trump has said that ceasefire negotiations could be held by the Vatican.
In a social media post after his two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin, Trump said: “The Vatican, as represented by the Pope, has stated that it would be very interested in hosting the negotiations. Let the process begin!”
US vice president JD Vance met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican earlier today, amid a flurry of US-led diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Ceasefire negotiations to begin 'immediately', says Trump
18:54
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Athena Stavrou
Donald Trump has said Russia and Ukraine will “immediately” begin ceasefire negotiations after his two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin went “very well”.
He said: “Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War.
“The conditions for that will be negotiated between the two parties, as it can only be, because they know details of a negotiation that nobody else would be aware of.”
Trump added that he had informed several world leaders including Volodymyr Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni in a call after he spoke with Putin.
Moscow has also said that Putin was now ready to work towards peace and on a memorandum about future peace talks.
Trump's statement in full
18:50
Donald Trump has posted the following to Truth Social after his phone call with Vladimir Putin:
“Just completed my two hour call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. I believe it went very well.
“Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War. The conditions for that will be negotiated between the two parties, as it can only be, because they know details of a negotiation that nobody else would be aware of.
“The tone and spirit of the conversation were excellent. If it wasn’t, I would say so now, rather than later.
“Russia wants to do largescale TRADE with the United States when this catastrophic “bloodbath” is over, and I agree. There is a tremendous opportunity for Russia to create massive amounts of jobs and wealth. Its potential is UNLIMITED. Likewise, Ukraine can be a great beneficiary on Trade, in the process of rebuilding its Country.
“Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will begin immediately. I have so informed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, President Emmanuel Macron, of France, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, of Italy, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, of Germany, and President Alexander Stubb, of Finland, during a call with me, immediately after the call with President Putin.
“The Vatican, as represented by the Pope, has stated that it would be very interested in hosting the negotiations. Let the process begin!”
Call went 'very well', says Trump
18:41
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Athena Stavrou
Donald Trump has said his two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin went “very well”.
Posting on Truth Social, the US president said: “The tone and spirit of the conversation were excellent. If it wasn’t, I would say so now, rather than later.”
He also claimed that Russia and Ukraine will “immediately start negotiations toward a ceasefire”, but that the conditions will be negotiated by them.
Full story: Trump and Putin end phone call after two hours, White House says
18:30
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Athena Stavrou
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have concluded a phone call during which the two leaders discussed efforts to bring an end to the unprovoked war Putin started by ordering the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
A White House official said the call ended roughly two hours after it began on Monday.
Russian state media reported that Putin described the call as “informative and useful” and stated Moscow was ready to work with Ukraine on a memorandum about future peace talks.
Andrew Feinberg in Washington, D.C has the full story:
Putin gives more detail on Trump call
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Athena Stavrou
We are now getting more detail from Vladimir Putin on his phone call with Donald Trump.
The Russian president told reporters that the efforts to end the war in Ukraine were on the right track and that Moscow was ready to work with Ukraine on a memorandum about a possible future peace agreement.
"We have agreed with the president of the United States that Russia will propose and is ready to work with the Ukrainian side on a memorandum on a possible future peace accord, defining a number of positions, such as, for example, the principles of settlement, the timing of a possible peace agreement," Putin told reporters near the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
"I would like to note that, on the whole, Russia's position is clear. The main thing for us is to eliminate the root causes of this crisis," Putin said.
"We just need to determine the most effective ways to move towards peace."
US confirms call is over
18:00
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Athena Stavrou
The White House has now also confirmed that Donald Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin has finished.
Russian state media reported that the “helpful” call lasted more than two hours, and that Russia was ready to work with Ukraine on a memorandum about future peace talks.
Trump phone call 'very informative' - Putin
17:54
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Athena Stavrou
Vladimir Putin has said he his phone call with Donald Trump was “very informative and helpful”.
Russian State media said Moscow was ready to work with Ukraine on a memorandum about future peace talks, after the two hour phone call on Monday.
Call over, lasted over 2 hours
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Athena Stavrou
The call between Trump and Putin has now finished, after the pair spoke for over two hours.
Russian media reported that the call was “very informative and helpful”, and that Putin said talks are “generally on the right track”.
Do Trump and Putin speak more often than is officially announced?
17:42
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Athena Stavrou
The Kremlin said in March that there may have been more contacts between Trump and Putin than the publicly announced telephone calls over recent months.
Before the contacts with Trump, Putin last spoke to a sitting US president in February 2022, when he and Joe Biden spoke shortly before the Russian leader ordered tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine.
Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward in his 2024 book "War" reported that Trump had direct conversations as many as seven times with Putin after he left the White House in 2021.
Asked if that were true in an interview with Bloomberg last year, Trump said: "If I did, it's a smart thing." The Kremlin denied Woodward's report.
Reuters, The Washington Post and Axios reported separately that Trump and Putin spoke in early November. The Kremlin also denied those reports.
17:23
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Athena Stavrou
Donald Trump has reportedly already spoken to Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of his call with Putin.
Reuters cited a source familiar with the matter, reporting that the Ukrainian and US president had spoken by phone on Monday.
Their call was originally scheduled to take place after Trump’s call with the Russian president, which is currently underway.
How often have Trump and Putin spoken?
17:07
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Athena Stavrou
After Trump's inauguration in January, the first publicly announced telephone call between Trump and Putin was on February 12.
Trump said then that both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had expressed a desire for peace in separate phone calls, and Trump ordered top US officials to begin talks on ending the war in Ukraine. They spoke again on March 18.
The Kremlin said they spoke for about 2 hours, one of the longest Putin calls.
Putin agreed to stop attacking Ukrainian energy facilities temporarily but declined to endorse a full 30-day ceasefire that Trump hoped would be the first step toward a permanent peace deal.
Ukraine and Russia accused each other of breaking that moratorium on attacking energy facilities.
Vance meets Pope amid US-led ceasefire efforts
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Athena Stavrou
JD Vance met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican today, amid a flurry of US-led diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine.
The US vice president, who is a Catholic convert, extended an invitation to Leo to visit the United States during the meeting.
He also gave the Augustinian pope a copy of two of St Augustine's most seminal works, The City Of God and On Christian Doctrine, the vice president's office said. Another gift was a Chicago Bears T-shirt with Leo's name on it.
In return, Leo gave Mr Vance a bronze sculpture with the words in Italian: "Peace is a fragile flower," and a coffee-table sized picture book of the papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace.
What are Trump and Putin discussing?
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Athena Stavrou
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are currently speaking over the phone.
The call has been set up as the US president looks to secure a ceasefire deal between Ukraine and Russia.
Earlier, the US vice president JD Vance told reporters the administration realised there was an “impasse” that needed to be resolved to bring an end to the conflict.
He said: “And I think the president's going to say to President Putin: 'Look, are you serious? Are you real about this?'”
Mr Trump said his discussion with Mr Putin would focus on stopping the "bloodbath" of the war.
It also will cover trade, a sign that the US president might be seeking to use financial incentives to broker some kind of agreement after Russia's invasion led to severe sanctions by the US and its allies that have steadily eroded Moscow's ability to grow.
The Kremlin said earlier that the call was to be based on results of Istanbul talks last week.
"The conversation is important, taking into account the negotiations held in Istanbul," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov Peskov said. "As for the talks, we [in the Kremlin] have already said everything we could, we underscored the basic points.”
Russia outlaws Amnesty International in latest crackdown on opposition
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Alex Croft
Russia has outlawed Amnesty International, designating it an "undesirable organisation" and criminalising involvement with the human rights group in the country.
This move, announced Monday by the Russian Prosecutor General’s office, further intensifies the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent, which has escalated dramatically since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The ban effectively shuts down Amnesty’s operations within Russia and threatens anyone cooperating with or supporting the organisation with prosecution.
Our reporter Albert Toth has the news:
Where are Putin and Trump speaking from?
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Athena Stavrou
The White House has confirmed that a phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is currently underway.
Putin is speaking from Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi while Trump was in Washington.
Russian attacks on Ukraine ongoing as Trump and Putin discuss peace
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Alex Croft
Let’s turn our attention to near the Ukrainian frontline, where Russian attacks have far-from let up despite Washington’s push for peace and today’s Trump-Putin phone call.
On Sunday, Kyiv said Russia fired a record of 273 drones at Ukraine, killing one woman. On Monday, it said a further 112 were fired.
Photos shared by Ukraine’s emergency services shows blazes tearing through the buildings struck by Russia weaponry.
Around three people have been killed in the past day, including two in the southern Kherson region and one in the Donetsk region. Injuries were also recorded in Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk.
Despite repeated diplomatic efforts towards a ceasefire, Russian drone attacks on civilian areas in Ukraine remain unrelenting.
Here are some pictures of Russia’s attack on the Chuguiv district of the Kharkiv region:
Trump-Putin phone call underway
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Alex Croft
The phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is now underway, a White House official has confirmed.
We’ll bring you all the latest lines as they come in.
What happened last time Trump and Putin spoke over the phone?
15:37
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Alex Croft
The phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin should now be underway , if it did indeed begin at the scheduled time of 3pm BST.
It’s the first public call between the pair in more than two months, after they held a two-hour phone call on March 18. According to some reports, however, they have held a number of phone calls which were not publicised since Mr Trump took office January.
The March phone call, despite its length, did not appear to bring the US president any close to his goal.
Trump had, at the time, began proposing a 30-day unconditional ceasefire to allow for Moscow and Kyiv to hash out the terms of a peace agreement. This proposal was rejected by Putin.
Not only did the Russian president refuse to bow down to Mr Trump’s demands, the US president even issued some warm words afterwards.
"We had a great call," Donald Trump told Fox News, with special envoy Steve Witkoff adding: "I would commend President Putin for all he did today on that call to move his country close to a final peace deal.”
The call did, however, lay the seeds for an apparent ceasefire on energy and infrastructure - but this was a ceasefire which Russia was accused of breaching hundreds of times by Kyiv and its western allies. Moscow also accused Kyiv of breaking the truce terms.
EU and UK call on Moscow to show readiness for peace in joint summit
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Alex Croft
As a busy day of diplomacy gets underway in Washington to push for peace in Ukraine, European leaders have vowed to support Kyiv for “as long as it takes and as intensely as needed”.
EU commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and council chief Antonia Costa arrived in London for the first bilateral EU-UK summit since Brexit.
Following the summit, they made a joint statement which addressed peave in Ukraine, reaffirming their firm support for Kyiv’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity
During their first bilateral summit after Brexit, the EU and the UK have called on Russia to fully and unconditionally cease fire in Ukraine.
The statement also called for a a tribunal of Russia’s war.
"We are committed to ensuring full accountability for war crimes and other serious crimes committed in connection with Russia’s war of aggression, including by the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine."
Vance: US ready to walk away from peace efforts
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Alex Croft
More comments are through from US vice president JD Vance, who spoke with reporters before boarding a flight in Rome after meeting Pope Leo on Monday.
"I think honestly that President Putin, he doesn't quite know how to get out of the war," Mr Vance said, adding that he had just spoken to Trump.
He said it "takes two to tango. I know the President's willing to do that, but if Russia is not willing to do that, then we're eventually just going to say, this is not our war."
Washington will be “more than open to walking away”, Mr Vance added. Washington is “not going to spin its wheels here. We want to see outcomes.
"We're going to try to end it, but if we can't end it, we're eventually going to say: 'You know what? That was worth a try, but we're not doing anymore.'"
Trump-Putin call could shift US president back in 'anti-Ukraine direction'
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Alex Croft
Our reporter Tom Watling has been discussing the upcoming phone call with experts:
We have some pre-emptive analysis of today’s call between US president Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
Max Bergmann, director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), says today’s call between the two leaders risks shifting Mr Trump back in an “anti-Ukraine direction”.
The US president is known to have quickly shifting opinions, often in line with the last person to whom he has spoken. His previous comments about Ukraine being responsible for the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion came shortly after the US president spoke to Mr Putin on the phone in February, and just a day after a Russian delegation met with the Trump administration in Saudi Arabia.
A public feud between Mr Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky later that month saw Kyiv’s leader prematurely kicked out of the White House.
After Mr Trump met with Mr Zelensky at the funeral of Pope Francis in April, his tone shifted again to become more pro-Kyiv.
Now there are concerns Mr Trump’s views could shift again.
“These calls [between Trump and Putin] tend to be terrible for Ukraine,” says Mr Bergmann.
“There is a danger that Trump buys Putin’s talking points and that shifts him in an anti-Ukraine direction, which is a path he is already prone to follow.
“I doubt this call leads to any breakthroughs toward peace. But it may help Russia’s efforts to convince Trump to blame Ukraine for the war continuing.”
Trump to ask Putin in phone call: 'Are you serious about peace?'
14:39
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Alex Croft
We’re little over 20 minutes away from the scheduled phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, and noises are emerging from the Trump administration on what to expect.
US vice president JD Vance, who has been in Rome meeting with the new Pope Leo XIV, said Mr Trump is going to question whether Putin is serious about achieving peace.
"We realize there's a bit of an impasse here. And I think the president's going to say to (Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin: 'Look, are you serious? Are you real about this?'" Mr Vance told reporters as he prepared to leave Italy, adding that he had just spoken with Mr Trump.
In Washington, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is asked whether Mr Trump meeting the Russian president is still on the table.
He is “open” to it, she says, adding: “I think everything's on the table. Yes. And again, I won't get ahead of the President and any commitments or decisions, but certainly it's something he's been discussing.”
Trump has grown 'weary and frustrated' with both sides of conflict - White House
14:32
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Alex Croft
Karoline Leavitt says Donald Trump has “grown weary and frustrated” with “both sides” of the conflict, as he prepares to hold phone calls with both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky this afternoon.
“The president has made it clear his goal is to see a ceasefire and to see this conflict come to an end,” Ms Leavitt says.
“He has grown weary and frustrated with both sides of the conflict. The president and his team have put an enormous amount of effort into solving this very complicated war that, again, began because of the previous administration’s weakness.”
She had previously blasted the “incompetence and weakness” of Joe Biden - who it yesterday emerged had been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer - and his administration.
Trump moving quickly as possible to end Ukraine war - White House
14:25
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Alex Croft
Let’s turn to Washington D.C., where White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is currently hosting a press conference.
Asked about why Donald Trump has not ended wars in Gaza and Ukraine - while the US continues to channel money towards these regions - Ms Leavitt states that Donald Trump’s foreign policy is “America first”.
“The president is moving as quickly as he possibly can to end these conflicts in Israel and Gaza and also the Russia-Ukraine war,” she added.
He plans to call Volodymyr Zelensky after a call with Vladimir Putin this afternoon concludes, Ms Leavitt says.
“I don’t want to get ahead of those very important conversations but of course you will hear directly from the president or me after those calls conclude today.”
Zelensky congratulates Dan after election over pro-Russian candidate in Romania
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Alex Croft
As news rolled in on Sunday of the Romanian election result, the EU breathed a sigh of relief.
The liberal Bucharest Mayor, Nicusor Dan, saw off nationalist George Simion, a far-right and pro-Russian candidate who wanted to halt all support for Ukraine.
But no leader would have been more relieved than Volodymyr Zelensky, after Ukraine’s neighbour to the south elected a pro-Ukraine president for the next five years.
Mr Zelensky has now congratulated Mr Simion, saying it is “essential that Romania continues to develop, and that we all cooperate together in our region and across Europe”.
He added: “This is a country on which much depends when it comes to security issues. We are deeply grateful for Romania’s contribution to protecting the lives of our people. It is important that support for Ukraine continues. Romania understands how crucial the struggle for freedom and justice is.”
The Ukrainian president invited his new Romanian counterpart to Kyiv.
Istanbul highlights 'stark difference' between Russia and Ukraine, says Kyiv foreign minister
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Alex Croft
Moscow and Kyiv’s meeting in Istanbul on Thursday highlighted the “stark difference” between the two countries, according to Ukraine’s foreign minister.
Andrii Sybiha took to X to make the comments, hours before Donald Trump is set to hold a critical phone call with Vladimir Putin which will discuss the results of the Istanbul talks.
“Ukraine is forward-looking, focused on the full and immediate ceasefire to kickstart the real peace process,” Mr Sybiha said.
Russia, he added, is “completely focussed on the past, rejecting the ceasefire and instead talking constantly about the 2022 Istanbul meetings, attempting to make the same absurd demands as three years ago”.
Mr Sybiha stressed that pressure on Russia “must be increased” for this reason, so that Moscow understands the “consequences of impeding the peace process”.
The Istanbul meeting highlighted another stark difference between Russia and Ukraine.
— Andrii Sybiha (@andrii_sybiha) May 19, 2025
Ukraine is forward-looking, focused on the full and immediate ceasefire to kickstart the real peace process.
To the contrary, Russia is completely focused on the past, rejecting the ceasefire…
Trump-Putin call to be based on results of Istanbul talks - Kremlin
13:35
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Alex Croft
Three days ago, the world trained its gaze on Turkey for what many hoped would be a historic day of diplomacy.
By close of Friday, however, hopes had been dashed after direct Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul - the first such talks in three years - failed to bear fruit in terms of peace in Ukraine. A series of other meetings were also held among diplomats and officials from Europe and the US.
These talks, which exposed a significant chasm between Kyiv and Moscow in their visions of a peace agreement, will serve as a starting point when Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin hold a phone call at 3pm today.
"The conversation is important, taking into account the negotiations held in Istanbul," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov Peskov said. "As for the talks, we [in the Kremlin] have already said everything we could, we underscored the basic points.”
Russian negotiators on Friday made a series of demands described as unacceptable by Kyiv.
According to Bloomberg, the Moscow delegation demanded that Ukraine:
- adopt a neutral position with no foreign troops or weapons of mass destruction on its territory
- renounce claims for reparations from Russia
- recognise Russian annexation of Crimea, and four other regions which Moscow dos not fully control
Exactly where Mr Trump currently stands on the first two demands is unclear, but Washington has offered to legally recognise Russian control over Crimea in peace proposals it made in April.
Zelensky builds indirect pressure on Trump-Zelensky call as he meets Vance
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Alex Croft
Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky met with US vice president JD Vance, secretary of state Marco Rubio, and European leaders in Rome yesterday, as he intensified his efforts ahead of Donald Trump's on call with Vladimir Putin.
The Ukrainian president said on X that during his talks with the American officials, they discussed the negotiations in Turkey and that "the Russians sent a low level delegation of non-decision-makers".
He also said he stressed that Ukraine is engaged in "real diplomacy" to have a ceasefire.
"We have also touched upon the need for sanctions against Russia, bilateral trade, defence cooperation, battlefield situation and upcoming prisoners exchange," Mr Zelensky said.
"Pressure is needed against Russia until they are eager to stop the war," he said.
‘This is what death feels like’: The terrifying reality of Ukraine’s landmine crisis
12:55
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Alex Croft
Dmytro Guzha was returning home with his wife Elena when he felt the explosion beneath his feet – and then nothing.
“After that, I didn’t hear or see anything at all,” the 49-year-old says. He regained consciousness a few minutes later and his focus turned to Elena.
“I was really worried about my wife because I saw her and she didn’t move. Then I wanted to try to get closer to her but I couldn’t because my leg didn’t move.” That was the result of the explosion that had ripped through his lower half.
The Ukrainian city of Chuhuiv, in the northeastern region of Kharkiv, faced heavy Russian bombardment in the opening weeks of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, which started on 24 February 2022. Guzha could see and hear explosions in the air as he and Elena took their ill-fated trip to the bakery.
Bryony Gooch reports:
'There was an exchange of views': What happened when Pope Leo met JD Vance
12:49
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Angus Thompson
Pope Leo and US vice president JD Vance have met in what has been described by the Vatican as an “exchange of views” on contentious issues surrounding Gaza and Ukraine.
The newly appointed pontiff - who as a cardinal was repeatedly critical of Trump administration policies, as well as Vance’s take on christianity - met with the vice president the morning after his inaugural mass.
