Trump calls Putin in push for Ukraine ceasefire

TDT | Washington

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Donald Trump spoke with Russia’s Vladimir Putin yesterday as the US president seeks a breakthrough to end the grinding conflict triggered by Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Trump is pinning his hopes on a fresh personal appeal to Putin to get the Kremlin leader to agree to a 30-day unconditional ceasefire with Kyiv.

A White House official told AFP on condition of anonymity that the call had started.

But the White House warned that Trump was “weary and frustrated” with the slow progress in resolving the conflict. The Kremlin said the call between the Russian and US leaders was “important.”