Trump holds 90-minute call with Putin, also speaks with Zelenskyy ahead of NATO summit

Trump offered to help find a solution ⁠to the Ukraine war, Kremlin officials say, after multiple failed attempts at ending the conflict.

President Donald Trump, speaking to Russian leader Vladimir Putin by telephone for nearly 90 minutes, offered to help find a solution ⁠to the Ukraine war, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said in comments made public early on Sunday.

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Ushakov said Trump made the offer during the call on Saturday, U.S. Independence Day, in the context of his participation next week at the NATO summit in Turkey.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he also spoke to Trump.