Trump speaks to Putin for two hours, says truce talks to start ‘immediately’

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to “immediately” start ceasefire talks on Monday after the US president spoke for more than two hours on the phone to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Putin said separately that he was ready to work with Ukraine on a memorandum towards a possible peace deal — but fell short of giving Trump the unconditional 30-day ceasefire he sought. Trump had set up the call amid increasing frustrations with both Moscow and Kyiv a