Russian President Putin’s Assistant Ushakov said that U.S. President Trump called Putin on the phone on the 18th and the call lasted about 40 minutes. Ushakov said that the conversation was frank and very constructive.
Both Putin and Trump expressed their support for direct negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations during the call. The two sides also discussed the issue of raising the level of representatives for direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. (Reported by Wang Bin from the Central Desk)
Leaders of many European countries visited the United States with Zelensky.