Donald Trump holds phone call with Vladimir Putin on starting Ukraine negotiations

Trump posted the details of his conversation with the Russian President on his social media platform, Truth Social.

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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump claims to have had a lengthy and highly productive phone

00:05call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

00:09Posting on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump says they discussed negotiations

00:15to end the war in Ukraine and added that he's already appointed several officials to lead

00:21the talks.

00:23The Ukrainian government has revealed Trump also spoke to President Zelensky on the phone

00:28after his call with Putin.

00:31The conversation is reported to have lasted an hour but no further details have been disclosed.