Overview
- On Tuesday Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there are currently no plans for a telephone call between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump and that phone talks would require careful arrangements.
- Peskov also said the mediation track on Ukraine is officially on hold even though U.S.-linked private envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner continue lower-level contacts with both Moscow and Kyiv.
- The Kremlin said it had not been informed about a recent conversation between the envoys and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and that there is no confirmed date for Witkoff and Kushner to visit Russia.
- Russian officials rejected European-led mediation as unacceptable and accused European governments of favouring continued fighting over negotiations.
- Reporters note earlier momentum in the envoys’ efforts stalled in February after U.S. and Israeli military action against Iran, and the envoys’ private status means any shift to formal talks or high-level calls remains uncertain.