US President Donald Trump has said that the topic of the war in Ukraine was only briefly touched upon during his recent conversation with Russian ruler Vladimir Putin, but that a fuller discussion is planned for next week.

Source: Trump on his social network Truth Social

Quote: "President Putin called this morning to very nicely wish me a Happy Birthday, but to more importantly, talk about Iran, a country he knows very well. We talked at length. Much less time was spent talking about Russia/Ukraine, but that will be for next week. He is doing the planned prisoner swaps – large numbers of prisoners are being exchanged, immediately, from both sides. The call lasted approximately one hour. He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his war [against Ukraine – ed.] should also end." [N.B. Ukrainska Pravda does not recognise Putin as president – ed.]

Background: 

• Earlier on Saturday 14 June, Yuri Ushakov, foreign policy advisor to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, said that Putin had held a phone call with Trump. 
• Ushakov stated that during the conversation, Putin briefed Trump on the implementation of the Istanbul agreements reached in Türkiye on 2 June. Putin said that Russia remains ready to continue negotiations with Ukraine.

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