The Russian president has continued to try and strengthen ties with the U.S. after President Donald Trump returned to office earlier this year.

The U.S. president described it as a "pretty long call" in which he and Putin discussed a "lot of things, including Iran." "And we also talked about, as you know, the war with Ukr

By Gram Slattery, Dan Peleschuk and Dmitry Antonov WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said early on Friday he came away disappointed from a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin because it does not appear the latter is looking to stop Russia's war against Ukraine.