Russia said the call took place Tuesday, Sept. 8, CBS News reported. Trump blamed the impasse on "two people that hate each other"; the White House released no account of the call.
Catch up
- Sept. 5–7 — Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Russian and Ukrainian leaders during temporary pauses in attacks on the capitals; no terms of the proposal they carried were made public.
- Sept. 8 — Russia resumed strikes on Kyiv after the pause, killing at least two, CBS News reported; the U.S. envoys' trip ended without a breakthrough.
- UpdateRussia resumed strikes on Kyiv after the truce, killing 7; Trump and Putin then talked for an hour
10 earlier issues
- 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