Russian president says future talks need to be between Kyiv and Moscow amid signs latter does not want US involvement.

President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone on Thursday, in the two leaders’ first conversation since the U.S. paused a series of weapons shipments for Ukraine.Trump urged Putin to quickly end the war in Ukraine but the Russian president refused,

Russian leader Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump by telephone on Thursday that Moscow will not "give up" on its aims in Ukraine, the Kremlin said. The pair spoke as US-led peace talks on ending the more than three-year-old conflict in Ukraine have stalled and after Washington paused some weapons shipments to Kyiv.