A telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump has begun, Reuters reports, citing a White House spokesman.
This is the third conversation between the presidents of Russia and the United States since Trump took office. The first time they spoke was on February 12, the second time on March 18.
Trump announced his intention to call the Russian leader and discuss the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict with him, the day after the first Russian-Ukrainian talks in three years.
Earlier, the US president wrote on Truth Social that he intends to have a telephone conversation with Putin on May 19, and among the topics he mentioned the Ukrainian settlement and trade issues.
Rada TV channel reports that before the Putin-Trump telephone conversation, Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with US President Trump.
Details of the conversation were not published. Zelensky and Trump agreed to have another phone conversation after the conversation between the US and Russian presidents.
