President Trump is working the phones on Monday, holding phone calls with the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and European countries as he continues efforts to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.

Trump announced he will speak Monday by phone with Putin and Zelenskyy days after peace talks in Istanbul end with planned prisoner exchange

Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years, but hopes for a breakthrough are still dim after Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned an offer by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet face-to-face in Turkey.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a second conversation with his American counterpart Donald Trump after the US president’s conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Source: Zelenskyy at a briefing broadcast by Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne Quote from Zelenskyy: "We won’t be withdrawing our troops from our territories,

State media reported that the Russian leader described the conversation as “informative, frank and very useful,” but no concrete agreements or breakthroughs were achieved

President Donald Trump said over the weekend that he would speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today to try and negotiate a peace deal to end the three-year-long war.

The US President said he will also talk to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky as well as various NATO members