Russian ruler Vladimir Putin has held a phone conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, during which they reportedly discussed the United States and the Russo-Ukrainian war. Source: RIA Novosti, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet,

President Donald Trump says he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin even if the Russian leader won’t meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Putin also informed Lukashenko about his agreement to hold a meeting with Trump, Belta reported, adding that the venue of the meeting was being determined. The Russian state news agency TASS earlier said Putin had also spoken to the leaders of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and briefed them on talks he held this week with Witkoff on the Ukraine war.