U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday about ending the war in Ukraine.

Trump had a phone call today with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the wake of the countries’ prisoner swap, per CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. And NYT’s Maggie Haberman scooped that the U.S. had given up money laundering cybercriminal Alexander Vinnik to get wrongfully detained American teacher Marc Fogel back,

U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday about starting negotiations immediately to end the war in Ukraine. "We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately,

Trump stated that both he and Putin agreed on the need to halt the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, emphasizing that “millions of deaths” must be prevented. He claimed that had he been president, the war would not have started in the first place.

Unfortunately for Kyiv, it is not in the driving seat. The news that the leaders of the two most heavily armed nuclear nations - Russia and the US - have held a seemingly constructive and cordial 90 minute phone call is,

President Donald Trump said he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone Wednesday about ending the nearly three-year-long war in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday discussed ending the war in Ukraine, agreed to meet in the future and Putin invited Trump to Moscow, the Kremlin said. Putin last spoke to a sitting U.

President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the Ukraine war will start immediately after holding a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday morning.