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Putin-Trump phone call ends after two hours, they discussed the ceasefire in Ukraine

Putin-Trump phone call ends after two hours, they discussed the ceasefire in
A telephone conversation between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has ended, according to Russian state media.

The pair spoke for more than two hours in a call that Putin called "informative, frank and very useful," RIA Novosti reported.

"A ceasefire in the situation in Ukraine for a certain period of time is possible if appropriate agreements are reached," the Russian leader is reported to have said, Skynews reports . 

Russia is ready to work with Kiev on a memorandum on a future peace treaty, Tass quoted the Russian president as saying.

Tass also reported that Trump said Russia favors a peaceful resolution to the conflict, despite Moscow unilaterally launching the invasion and sending only a low-level delegation of young politicians to Friday's peace talks.

IFX reported that Putin said the root causes of the conflict must be eliminated - language the Russian leader often uses as code to mean the removal of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the installation of a Russian interim government, as well as the incorporation of five Ukrainian regions into Russia.

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