US President Donald Trump spoke with the leaders of both Ukraine and Russia on Saturday amid the US's Fourth of July celebrations, Kyiv and Moscow said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had a "very good phone call" with Trump, in which he congratulated the US on its 250th birthday and discussed the current situation on the front lines of the war in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy added that there was a "real prospect" of ending the conflict and that he and Trump had agreed to continue their talks during the upcoming NATO Summit in Ankara, which is set to take place from 7 to 8 July.
Zelenskyy and Trump have endured an up and down relationship since the latter's return to the White House, marked most notably by a heated Oval Office exchange in early 2025. Last month, however, Trump sang Zelenskyy's praises, calling his Ukrainian counterpart "courageous" and saying he was "doing pretty well" in the war against Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also spoke with Trump on Saturday, the Kremlin announced.
