Trump says he will speak with Putin and Zelenskyy on Monday

Phone call with Russian leader to cover Ukraine war, trade, US president says

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U.S. President Donald Trump said he would speak with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO members after his phone with Vladimir Putin.  © Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss stopping the war in Ukraine, days after the first face-to-face talks in three years between Russia and Ukraine took place in Istanbul.

Trump had offered to travel to Turkey for the talks while in the Gulf last week if Putin would also attend, but the Russian leader declined to take him up on the offer.

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