The hour-long talks focused on ‘the issue of a settlement’, the Kremlin says, as the US leader called for a speedy end to the fighting
2-MIN READ2-MINAgence France-PressePublished: 3:21am, 9 Sep 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump on Tuesday discussed the Ukraine conflict in an “extremely frank” and constructive hour-long phone call, the Kremlin said.
It came after US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend in an attempt to kick-start long-stalled US efforts to end the fighting.
Washington has been pushing for fresh face-to-face talks between Moscow and Kyiv.
Kyiv says the talks could happen as early as this month, but the Kremlin on Monday said it was “too early” to discuss a venue or dates.
During their call on Tuesday, Putin and Trump “focused on the issue of a settlement in Ukraine”, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters.
Trump called for a speedy end to the fighting, Ushakov said, while Putin presented an “objective and detailed analysis” of the frontline situation.
