00:00United States President Donald Trump says that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin
00:05after meeting Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky and European leaders in Washington last week.
00:11He describes his conversations with Putin as positive,
00:14but admits he gets frustrated when attacks still follow in Kiev or elsewhere.
00:22The last known call between Trump and Putin was on August 18th.
00:26That's when Trump briefly stepped out of White House talks with Zelensky and European officials to call the Russian president.
00:34And over to State Department, Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined a call on Monday with Ukraine's foreign minister
00:39and his counterparts from Britain, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, Poland and the European Union,
00:45where they all agreed to keep pushing together on diplomatic efforts toward a lasting settlement.
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