Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken by phone with US counterpart Donald Trump and discussed the situation in Ukraine ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara, the Kremlin said.
"The presidents naturally addressed the issue of a settlement in Ukraine, taking into account, in particular, Donald Trump's upcoming participation in the NATO summit in Türkiye on July 7 and 8," said Yuri Ushakov, the Kremlin's foreign policy aide.
Trump, speaking to Putin by telephone for nearly 90 minutes, offered to help find a solution to the Ukraine war, Ushakov said.
Ushakov said Trump made the offer in the context of his participation next week at the NATO summit in Türkiye.
He quoted the US president as saying that US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would continue their efforts at brokering a settlement and were prepared to make another visit to Moscow.
The Kremlin aide said Putin gave Trump a realistic assessment of the battlefield situation in Ukraine, where Russian commanders said on Friday that Moscow's troops had captured the strategically important city of Kostiantynivka.
On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the General Staff rejected that claim, saying it still controlled the eastern city.
