Trump talks on the phone with Putin: it lasted about hour and half
On Tuesday, March 18, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin are having a telephone conversation.
This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to Reuters.
"U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin began telephone talks on Tuesday, which Washington hopes will convince Moscow to agree to a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine and move toward a final end to the three-year conflict," the report said.
A White House official said that Trump and Putin began talking on the phone at 10:00 a.m. ET, and the talks are ongoing.
"The conversation is going well and is still ongoing," Dan Scavino, the White House deputy chief of staff, wrote in a post on the social network X.
The White House later reported that Putin and Trump had been talking for over an hour.
Trump will address the press with comments immediately after the conversation with Putin.
Updated
According to NBC News and Sky News, U.S. President Donald Trump had a phone conversation with Vladimir Putin. It lasted about an hour and a half.
