Ukraine — and the world — watches with bated breath.
A hotly anticipated phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to take place this afternoon (between 9 and 11 a.m. Washington, D.C. time), according to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
He said Putin and Trump are expected to discuss the “further normalization” of Russia-U.S. relations and the situation in Ukraine — where Moscow has been waging an all-out war — Russian state-owned media TASS reported.
“Certain discussions have already taken place,” Peskov said, citing Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff’s meeting with Putin in Moscow last Thursday, the meeting between U.S. and Russian diplomats in Istanbul on Feb. 27 and a previous phone call between the two leaders on Feb. 12.
“So there is a certain understanding indeed. But there are many issues [on the agenda],” he added.
