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Putin says Russia is ready to work to end fighting in Ukraine after call with Trump

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20/05/2025

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20/05/2025

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the board of trustees of the Talent and Success Foundation at the Sirius Park of Science and Art after his phone talks with US President Donald Trump, outside Sochi, Russia, on May 19. (AP)

 WASHINGTON, May 20, (AP):  Moscow is ready to work toward ending the fighting in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday following a two-hour phone call with US President Donald Trump. Putin said that Russia and Ukraine would need to find compromises to suit all parties.

Trump has struggled to end a war that began with Russia’s invasion in February 2022, and that makes these conversations a serious test of his reputation as a dealmaker after having claimed he would quickly settle the conflict once he was back in the White House, if not even before he took office.