Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump may have had more contacts than the two publicly announced telephone calls over recent months, the Kremlin said in video footage published by state television on Sunday.

While both the U.S. and Russia emphasized de-escalation, their readouts diverged on key details, particularly the scope of a ceasefire.

The Kremlin suggests that the presidents of Russia and the USA might have talked more than officially reported. Is it true? Many pieces of information provided by Russian media or government officials are elements of propaganda.

They talked about the fighting in Ukraine, of course. But the U.S. and Russian presidents also chatted about improving relations between Washington and Moscow, peace in the Middle East, global security and even hockey games.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff a portrait of President Trump to deliver to the U.S. president as a gift, the Kremlin confirmed on Monday. Putin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Putin gave the painting to Witkoff when he was in Moscow earlier this month,

Land and power plants will be a major focus of the conversation between the US and Russia on Tuesday, Presdient Donald Trump said.

President Donald Trump announced the call Sunday and said there would be concessions over land and power plants.

President Donald Trump and and Russia's Vladimir Putin are due to speak by phone later today to discuss potentially ending the war in Ukraine.

The Kremlin confirmed on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin would talk to U.S. President Donald Trump by phone on Tuesday.

The White House says a lengthy phone call between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had achieved “movement to peace” in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Donald Trump has come in for criticism from a very surprising source over his attempts to broker a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia. Nigel Farage, a key ally of the US president, said Vladimir Putin was “getting far too much” from the White House in a bid to end the war.