Vladimir Putin suddenly announced today that he will soon talk with the American leader Donald Trump.

- Today I will talk with the President of America - said Putin during a visit to the exhibition within the forum"Strong Ideas for New Times".

What did the leaders discuss?

Trump and Putin exchanged opinions on the situation in Ukraine, and the Russian leader informed his American colleague about the implementation of the Istanbul agreements.

- Our president also said that Russia will strive to achieve the set goals, that is, to remove all the causes that led to the current situation, to the current confrontation. And Russia will not deviate from those goals - the Kremlin said.

Ushakov said Putin and Trump did not discuss suspending some US arms shipments to Ukraine.

- They also had a detailed discussion about Iran and the Middle East. The leaders agreed to continue talks in the future - emphasized.

Ushakov said that Trump began the phone conversation by talking about the passage of the Budget, Taxes and Immigration Act in the Senate, and Putin wished him success.

- Trump began with a briefing on the successful passage of the administration's flagship tax and immigration reform bill in Congress. Putin wished him success in implementing the planned transformations - Ushakov said.

The UN welcomed the conversation between Trump and Putin

The United Nations today welcomed the telephone conversation held by the presidents of the United States of America and Russia, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

- We welcome the high-level dialogue between the leaders (of Russia and the United States) - said the representative of the UN Secretary General, Stefan Dižarik, reports RIA Novosti.

Putin congratulated the Independence Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Trump on the national holiday - Independence Day, and pointed out that Russia played an important role in the formation of American statehood.

- Putin emphasized in a telephone conversation with Trump that Russia played an important role in the formation of American statehood during the War of Independence 250 years ago, but also during the Civil War, which ended 160 years ago - said Ushakov.

He stated that Putin and Trump stated that the two countries are connected not only by the alliance in the First and Second World Wars, but also by deeper historical roots.

The conversation between Trump and Putin is over

Trump and Putin talked for almost an hour about a solution for Ukraine, but Russia will not give up on its goals, said senior Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov.

- They talked for almost an hour, stating their intention to seek a negotiated solution for Ukraine, and Trump raised the issue of quickly stopping the conflict in Ukraine. But Putin insisted that Russia would achieve its goal of eliminating the underlying problems that led to the conflict in Ukraine and that it would not give up on its goals. Russia's position is that the peace talks on Ukraine are between Moscow and Kiev - said Ushakov.

There is nothing in the Kremlin report to suggest that Putin changed Moscow's position during the talks with the US president, but he emphasized that Moscow wants a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine.

- Vladimir Putin, for his part, emphasized that we continue to strive for a political and negotiated solution to the conflict - said Ushakov.

Zelensky made a statement

Before the official information about the conversation between Putin and Trump, the leader of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi spoke.

- I'm not sure that they have many common topics to talk about, because they are very different people - Zelensky said and repeated that Ukraine supported President Trump's proposal for an unconditional ceasefire from the very beginning.

Putin will talk to Trump soon

He did not want to reveal additional details, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov indicated earlier today that an important telephone conversation is expected, but not with whom.

It will be the sixth publicly known conversation between the two leaders since Trump returned to the White House in January.

The last time they spoke was on June 14, and the focus was mainly on Iran.

The President of America has spoken.

Trump announced that the conversation will take place at 5 p.m. Russian time, or 4 p.m. Serbian time.

- I will speak with the President of Russia Putin at 10:00 a.m. (4 p.m. CET) - Trump wrote on his social network"Truth Social".