Trump, Putin hold ‘frank’ phone call as US restarts Ukraine deal efforts

The phone call comes after US special envoys travelled to Russia and Ukraine to discuss ‘a proposal to end the war’.United States President Donald Trump has spoken by phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as the White House ramps up efforts to reach a peace deal in Ukraine.On Tuesday, Yury Ushakov, Putin’s foreign affairs adviser, described the two leaders as having a “constructive and quite frank” hour-long conversation.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Witkoff and Kushner will travel to ‘end’ Russia’s war in Ukraine: Trumplist 2 of 3Witkoff says peace talks have been ‘very meaningful’ in Ukrainelist 3 of 3At least five people killed in Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s Kyivend of listAccording to Ushakov, Putin talked with Trump about the ongoing war in Ukraine and Russia’s plans to advance its military goals on the battlefield.“An objective and thorough analysis of the ongoing special military operation and generally our view of prospective battlefield advances and the achievement of the special military operation’s goals and tasks was given,” Ushakov said.The adviser added that Putin pushed back against rising concern that Russia could launch future attacks ...