WATCH THE VIDEO HERE Donald Trump will speak by phone Monday with Russia’s Vladimir Putin as part of the US leader’s effort to end the grinding war set off by Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Trump had vowed during his US election campaign to halt the conflict within a day of taking office, but his diplomatic efforts have so far yielded little progress. Russia, which launched what Kyiv called a “record” drone attack on Ukraine at the weekend, said Monday it would prefer to end the conflict through diplomacy and described the upcoming call as “important”.
Trump plans talk with Putin in push for ceasefire
