MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin before meeting Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky in a push for peace, and NATO is set to expand military bases in Norway. Meanwhile, Israel and Hamas found themselves on the verge of war again following the Rafah incident. These stories topped Monday's newspaper headlines in Russia.
Russia and Ukraine could halt battles along the current frontline and start talks on resolving the conflict, US President Donald Trump suggested in his conversations with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, The Wall Street Journal reported on October 18. Earlier, the US leader urged both sides on his Truth Social platform on October 17 to stop the hostilities immediately: "They should stop where they are."
In addition, despite rumors in the US media about Trump’s readiness to make a final announcement about sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine ahead of the phone call with Putin, the US president hinted he was not yet ready for that. At a meeting with Zelensky in the White House, Trump said he expected that the conflict would be resolved without these missiles and that the United States needed the weapons itself.
