Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says ceasefire talks will begin immediately after ‘excellent’ call with Putin

Donald Trump has spoken about the possibility of a trade deal between the US and Russia after the war with Ukraine is over.

Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed trade during their “excellent” two-hour phone call on Monday.

“Russia wants to do largescale TRADE with the United States when this catastrophic “bloodbath” is over, and I agree,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social after the call.

“There is a tremendous opportunity for Russia to create massive amounts of jobs and wealth. Its potential is UNLIMITED. Likewise, Ukraine can be a great beneficiary on Trade, in the process of rebuilding its Country.”

The US banned imports of Russian oil, gas and coal after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Donald Trump has said that ceasefire negotiations could be held by the Vatican.

In a social media post after his two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin, Trump said: “The Vatican, as represented by the Pope, has stated that it would be very interested in hosting the negotiations. Let the process begin!”

US vice president JD Vance met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican earlier today, amid a flurry of US-led diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Donald Trump has said Russia and Ukraine will “immediately” begin ceasefire negotiations after his two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin went “very well”.

He said: “Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War.

“The conditions for that will be negotiated between the two parties, as it can only be, because they know details of a negotiation that nobody else would be aware of.”

Trump added that he had informed several world leaders including Volodymyr Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni in a call after he spoke with Putin.

Moscow has also said that Putin was now ready to work towards peace and on a memorandum about future peace talks.

Donald Trump has said his two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin went “very well”.

Posting on Truth Social, the US president said: “The tone and spirit of the conversation were excellent. If it wasn’t, I would say so now, rather than later.”

He also claimed that Russia and Ukraine will “immediately start negotiations toward a ceasefire”, but that the conditions will be negotiated by them.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have concluded a phone call during which the two leaders discussed efforts to bring an end to the unprovoked war Putin started by ordering the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

A White House official said the call ended roughly two hours after it began on Monday.

Russian state media reported that Putin described the call as “informative and useful” and stated Moscow was ready to work with Ukraine on a memorandum about future peace talks.

We are now getting more detail from Vladimir Putin on his phone call with Donald Trump.

The Russian president told reporters that the efforts to end the war in Ukraine were on the right track and that Moscow was ready to work with Ukraine on a memorandum about a possible future peace agreement.

“We have agreed with the president of the United States that Russia will propose and is ready to work with the Ukrainian side on a memorandum on a possible future peace accord, defining a number of positions, such as, for example, the principles of settlement, the timing of a possible peace agreement,” Putin told reporters near the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

“I would like to note that, on the whole, Russia’s position is clear. The main thing for us is to eliminate the root causes of this crisis,” Putin said.

“We just need to determine the most effective ways to move towards peace.”

The White House has now also confirmed that Donald Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin has finished.

Russian state media reported that the “helpful” call lasted more than two hours, and that Russia was ready to work with Ukraine on a memorandum about future peace talks.

Vladimir Putin has said he his phone call with Donald Trump was “very informative and helpful”.

Russian State media said Moscow was ready to work with Ukraine on a memorandum about future peace talks, after the two hour phone call on Monday.