U.S. President Donald Trump said that Moscow and Kyiv “will immediately start negotiations” and end the war, and now it is the fourth bloody year after more than two hours of appeal with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin said efforts to end the conflict seemed “on the right path” and Moscow was ready to cooperate with Ukraine to commemorate a future peace agreement.
Putin thanked Trump for supporting the recovery of direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and said Trump pointed out Russia's support for peace, although the key issue is how to move towards peace.
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Putin said there could be a ceasefire if an appropriate agreement was reached, adding that direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine “have reason to believe we are usually on the right path.”
"I want to point out that, in general, Russia's position is clear. For us, the main thing is to eliminate the root cause of this crisis," Putin said. "We just need to determine the most effective way to move towards peace."
Trump said the phone was going well. "As the Pope stands for, the Vatican said, this will be very interested in holding the negotiations. Let the process begin!" Trump said in a post about the Society of Truth.
Yulia Shapovalova of Al Jazeera reported that the call was "very important" to Putin.
"He (Putin) believes that the United States can solve any problem because of its influence. Vladimir Putin believes that initially, the United States was behind Ukraine in this conflict and planned this."
“So it’s important to talk directly with Donald Trump and the United States to resolve the so-called root causes of the conflict.”
Trump introduced the phone to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders. Zelenskyy insists whether Putin does not promise stronger sanctions on Russia.
Trump promised to quickly end Europe's deadliest war since World War II, and he repeatedly called for a ceasefire over the years and Washington joined other Western countries to arm Ukraine.
Putin recently rejected Zelenskyy's proposal to meet at Turkiye as talks suggested by Russian leaders between the two countries to replace a 30-day ceasefire for Ukraine and its Western allies, including Washington.
These inconclusive direct negotiations were the first in three years, according to the heads of the two delegations, and on Friday, Ukraine and Russia had a brief conversation between the delegations in Istanbul in Turkue, Istanbul, and only two consents from the heads of the delegations had been presented, with the largest exchange since the war, which would be their largest exchange.
Russian negotiators asked Kief to withdraw his troops from all areas claimed by Moscow, and then they agreed to a ceasefire, a senior Ukrainian official familiar with the talks said. For Ukraine, this is a red line, and for now, Russia does not have full control in these regions.
Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov told Ukrainian TV on Saturday that the exchange may be as early as this week.
Trump said Friday that Putin did not go to Istanbul when summarizing his four-day trip to the Middle East because Trump himself was not there.
"He and I will meet, I think we will solve it, or maybe not," Trump told reporters after he boarded the Air Force. "At least we will know. If we don't solve it, it will be very interesting."
European leaders said they want the United States to join them to reject a ceasefire to impose tough new sanctions on Russia. Leaders from Britain, France, Germany and Italy spoke to Trump on a conference call with Putin on Sunday.
Al Jazeera's John Hendren said that Ukraine has not responded so far.
“Unless the details are much more revealing than we have seen so far, there may not be many celebrations,” Hendren said.
Russia launched its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of the war.
Ukrainian intelligence said it also believes Moscow intends to open fire on Sunday, although Russia has not been confirmed to do so.