India, Aug. 19 -- US President Donald Trump has called Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to arrange talks between his Ukrainian and Russian counterparts aimed at a peace deal.
Trump took a break from his meeting with the European leaders Monday to place the call to Putin, multiple media outlets reported quoting sources.
Trump said he expects a trilateral summit featuring himself, Putin and Zelensky can be arranged in the near future.
"At the conclusion of the meetings, I called President Putin, and began the arrangements for a meeting, at a location to be determined, between President Putin and President Zelenskyy," he wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday.
"After that meeting takes place, we will have a Trilat, which would be th...