Sources from the television channel familiar with the course of negotiations named achieving an agreement on concessions that Russia is willing to make, including the possibility of withdrawing troops from territories that have come under its control in the last three years, as one of the priorities of the talks.
Peskov described the conversation between the two leaders as "one of the discussions in the chain of actions aimed at establishing dialogue and finding ways to resolve the situation around Ukraine". According to him, the contacts between Putin and Trump do not pertain to global restructuring and "a new Yalta" (referring to the Yalta Conference of 1945, dedicated to establishing the post-war world order). Putin does not plan to make a statement following the conversation with Trump.
In the White House, ahead of the phone call between the two leaders, it was stated that Trump is seriously committed to achieving peace in Ukraine. The presidents of the US and Russia had "very good working relationships in the past, they respected each other", noted White House Deputy Press Secretary Harrison Fields. He expressed hope that Trump would be able to achieve peace "in a very short period of time".
