Kremlin leader's aide reveals details of Trump-Putin call and says new contacts were agreed

Yury Ushakov, aide to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, has said that the conversation between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on Sunday took place at the initiative of the US president and lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Source: Ushakov's statement, as reported by Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet RIA Novosti

Details: According to Ushakov, the conversation had a "friendly, cordial and businesslike" character.

Putin agreed with Trump's proposal to continue work on a settlement within two specially created working groups – on security and the economy.

The US and Russian leaders also agreed to speak again after Trump's contacts with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ushakov said the conversation also touched on the fact that a "political decision" from Kyiv is needed for a final cessation of hostilities and that it concerns Donbas.

Putin presented Trump with "arguments" about the fundamental importance of continuing to be guided by the understandings reached in Anchorage and during bilateral contacts, the aide said.

According to Ushakov, Putin and Trump allegedly agree that a temporary ceasefire "under the pretext of a referendum" only leads to dragging out the conflict.

Background: Trump said on Sunday that he had a "good and very productive" conversation with Putin ahead of his meeting with Zelenskyy.

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