Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky hails ‘real prospect’ of ending conflict after Trump ‘offers help in call with Putin’
Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed the “real prospect” of ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict following a phone call with Donald Trump.
Writing on X, Mr Zelensky said the two leaders discussed the situation along the front line, adding America’s “determination will be crucial”.
“We agreed to continue the conversation in person during the NATO summit in Ankara,” the Ukrainian president wrote on social media.
It comes as the Kremlin said that Vladimir Putin and the US president discussed the conflict in Ukraine in a “constructive” phone call on Saturday.
Mr Trump is reported to have held a 90-minute call with Russian president in which he offered to help the leader find a solution to the war with Ukraine.
Meanwhile, St Petersburg and the surrounding Leningrad region was struck by a large Ukrainian drone attack overnight on Saturday, with a local port and oil infrastructure hit, Russian and Ukrainian authorities have said.
An oil terminal was struck in Russia’s second city, home to six million, although St Petersburg’s governor Alexander Beglov said there were no casualties.
