Putin and Trump may speak again by phone before meeting: Report

Moscow: The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump might speak again by phone before meeting in person, the RIA state news agency reported.

RIA cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as not ruling out such a possibility.

Trump and Putin spoke for over an hour on Wednesday, the first known direct contact between US and Russian presidents since Putin had a call with Joe Biden shortly before ordering tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022.

On Thursday, the Kremlin said it was impressed by Trump's position on ending the war in Ukraine, and that preparations were under way for a meeting between Trump and Putin.