Ukraine Russia War Live: Trump says ceasefire -conversations begin immediately but Putin refuses to give the timeline

The Kremlin has described more details about Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s phone call from yesterday.

The Kremlin Foreign Policy Aide Yuri Ushakov emphasized the warm nature of the conversation and said the two men approached each other by their first name, and Mr. Putin congratulated the US president with the birth of his latest grandson.

“Trump said: Vladimir, you can pick up the phone at any time, I will gladly answer, I will gladly talk to you,” said Mr. Ushakov.

On Monday, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin sat down and talked for two hours over the phone.

Both leaders said the call was a success in which Putin agreed to work towards a peace deal with Ukraine.

Here is an overview of the call:

– The call began around 1 p.m. 15.30 UK -Time and lasted for two hours.

– The couple talked about an encrypted line, Putin from Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi and Trump in Washington.

– Putin said the call was “very informative and helpful”.

– Moscow said it was ready to work with Ukraine at a memorandum about future peace talks when Trump said the negotiations will now begin “immediately.”

– Trump said the call went “very well” and talked to several world leaders Volodymy Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni after talking to Putin.

– He also said that ceasefire negotiations could be held by the Vatican.

“It is said that they have addressed each other by their first name, and Putin congratulated Trump with the birth of his latest grandson,” Kremlin Foreign Policy said Aide Yuri Ushakov.

– The couple also discussed a potential trade agreement in US-Russia, as Trump said was an opportunity when the war was over.

– They also discussed a potential new prisoner exchange during the call when Ushakov said the two countries worked details of an exchange involving nine people on each side.

– After the call, Zelensky said it was possible that leaders from Ukraine, Russia, the United States, the EU and British leaders could meet.

Shortly before Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin, US Vice President JD Vance told journalists that Washington recognized that there was “a bit of a curse here”.

“And I think the president will say to President Putin, ‘Look, are you serious? Are you real about this?'” Sir Mr. Vance as he was preparing to deviate from a visit to Italy.

“I honestly think President Putin, he doesn’t quite know how to get out of the war,” said Mr Vance.

He said it “takes two to tango. I know the president is willing to do so, but if Russia is not willing to do so, we will eventually just say, ‘this is not our war.'”

“We’ll try to finish it, but if we can’t finish it, we’ll eventually say, ‘You know what? It was worth trying, but we’re not doing anymore.'”

Donald Trump has said that Russia and Ukraine “will immediately start negotiations against a ceasefire and, more importantly, an end to the war,” after talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday.

Mr. Trump spoke with his Russian counterpart in a two-hour long call in which the two discussed expanding trade when the Ukraine War is over.

Here’s all Trump has said after the call:

About fresh sanctions to push Moscow into a peace agreement:

“Well, because I think there’s a chance to get something done and if you do, you can make it much worse too. But there may be a time when it will happen.”

By quitting US-led peace efforts:

Mr. Trump said there were “some big egos involved.” Without progress, “I just want to return,” he said, repeating a warning that he could give up the process. “This is not my war.”

“… (I) has a red line in my head when I stop pushing on Russia-Ukraine,” he said.

About peace talks in the Vatican:

Mr. Trump said that the Vatican, “as represented by the Pope, has stated that it would be very interested in hosting the negotiations. Let the process begin!”

Vladimir Putin was quick on the draw with a message that said nothing after his two-hour phone call with Donald Trump when the Russian president seized the story before the oval office had figured out what the story even was.

Donald Trump claims his two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin went ‘very well’ but it is the Russian president who calls the shots, writes Sam KileyThe Independent’s World Affairs Editor:

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump discussed the “impressive” prospects of improving the tape between their two countries in a phone call on Monday, says the Kremlin.

Mr. Putin’s foreign policy help to Yuri Ushakov told journalists that the two leaders had not discussed a timeline for a ceasefire in Ukraine, but that Trump had emphasized his interest in reaching agreements quickly.

“The presidents also spoke in detail about the future of our relationship, and President Trump, I can say, talked quite emotionally about the prospects of these conditions,” Ushakov said.

“He specifically emphasized that the prospects of bilateral relations after the Ukrainian conflict are resolved look impressive and that he, as president of the United States, sees Russia as one of America’s most important partners in trade and financial affairs.”

Donald Trump has said “It would be great” for Russia and Ukraine to hold a ceasefire conversations in the Vatican and said it would add extra significance to the procedure.

“The Vatican, represented by the Pope, has stated that it would be very interested in hosting the negotiations. Let the process begin!” said the US president.

The Vatican has not yet issued a comment on Trump’s remarks.

Volodymyr Zelensky, who has already met Pope Leo XIV twice now and talked to him on the phone, welcomed the Vatican as a possible place to discuss the end of the war in Ukraine.

“Ukraine is ready for direct negotiations with Russia in any format that brings results,” Mr. Zelensky said at X. He said this could host Turkey, Vatican or Switzerland.

The Vatican has a tradition of diplomatic neutrality and has long offered its services and venues to try to help facilitate lectures.

Donald Trump has said that Russia and Ukraine will “immediately” begin ceasefire conversations for the purpose of bringing the war to bring the war as he revealed details of his highly expected phone calls with leaders of the two nations yesterday.

In a speech on truth, Mr. Trump said that the call for Russian President Vladimir Putin went “very well” and the conditions of the ceasefire would be “negotiated between the two parties, as it may only be because they know the details of a negotiations that no one else would be aware of” and suggested that lectures between the two nations could host the Vatican after a offer of Pope Leo XIV, American birth.