Trump and Putin talk more than 2 hours, but there’s no Russia-Ukraine ceasefire

Trump and Putin talk more than 2 hours, but there’s no Russia-Ukraine ceasefire

MOSCOW — President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for more than two hours on Monday, as part of a flurry of phone calls to negotiate a ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump also had calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders. Putin did not agree to an immediate ceasefire,…

Putin backs US ceasefire idea for Ukraine, but says details need to be sorted out

Putin backs US ceasefire idea for Ukraine, but says details need to be sorted out

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia agreed with US proposals for a ceasefire in Ukraine but that any ceasefire would have to deal with the root causes of the conflict and that many details needed to be sorted out. Putin sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in 2022, triggering the biggest confrontation between…