The account of the one-hour call comes from the Kremlin, which described it as "constructive and quite frank"; no U.S. readout has confirmed it. It followed the Witkoff-Kushner talks in Moscow and Kyiv, which set no date and no terms for the next round.
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- CIA chief Ratcliffe makes rare Moscow visit
- CIA chief reportedly warned Moscow against a limited Russian attack on NATO
- CIA chief secretly met Russian intelligence officials in Moscow
- UpdateCIA chief told Moscow to end the Ukraine war before Russia’s military and economy worsen
- Russian drone hits ammunition depot near Kyiv, killing 38; four remain missing
- Russia's finance minister returned to the G20 in person for the first time since the Ukraine invasion
- Witkoff and Kushner meet Putin in Moscow Sept. 5, Zelensky in Kyiv Sept. 6, carrying a U.S. proposal to end the war
- UpdatePutin orders 72-hour halt to strikes on Kyiv while Witkoff and Kushner visit, after a three-hour Kremlin meeting
- UpdateWitkoff and Kushner hold first Kyiv talks of the war, agreeing on next steps but no terms; announcement promised in weeks
- UpdateWitkoff says Moscow-Kyiv trip produced 'substantive progress' on scheduling more talks, with no date set and no terms disclosed
- UpdateRussia resumed strikes on Kyiv after the truce, killing 7; Trump and Putin then talked for an hour — this issue
What we’re less sure of2 of 2 claims
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Putin told Trump Russia has no aggressive intentions toward Europe
Attributed to the Kremlin readout via PBS NewsHour/AP headline; it is the Kremlin's characterization of what Putin said, not independently confirmed
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Zelenskyy called the U.S. ideas 'very good' and said he hopes to meet Trump within two weeks
Attributed to Zelenskyy; European Pravda and Ukrinform report he expects a second-half-of-September Trump meeting, while PBS/AP cites a Sept. 20 date