Trump speaks with Putin, Zelenskyy before G7 summit (opens in new tab)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held separate phone calls with President Trump on June 14, his 80th birthday, ahead of this week's G7 summit in France, where Ukraine is expected to be discussed. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said the call with Putin lasted just under an hour; Zelenskyy's adviser Dmytro Lytvyn said the call with the Ukrainian leader lasted about 30 to 35 minutes. Ushakov said Trump told Putin that hostilities in Ukraine needed to end an...