The Kremlin confirmed that President Vladimir Putin and former US President Donald Trump held a 75-minute phone call. According to the Kremlin statement, Putin assessed the current fighting in the war against Ukraine, and Trump offered to help facilitate a settlement between the countries ahead of the NATO summit in Turkey. Trump's envoys Witkoff and Kushner will continue to assist those efforts.
The Kremlin statement, reported by Israeli outlet N12, is the first official Russian readout of what is the third known call between Putin and Trump in recent months. The Zioneer previously reported a call earlier that same day (Sun 00:45) citing a senior adviser, which described the same conversation but did not include the mediation offer or the specific duration confirmed in this later Kremlin release. The new Kremlin statement adds that Trump offered to use his influence ahead of the NATO summit in Turkey and that his envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, would remain involved. The two leaders have spoken multiple times recently, including a birthday greeting in mid-June and a longer call in late June, with the Kremlin previously signaling readiness to resume negotiations. The content of the mediation proposal and the exact NATO summit timing have not been publicly detailed by either Washington or Moscow. Zelensky, who also spoke with Trump earlier on Sunday, has described a 'real chance' to end the war.
2 developments
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- DevelopingLavrov: Putin compromised on Ukraine at August Alaska meeting with Trump
Source and signal
- Internal intake