NNA - The Kremlin confirmed on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump would speak by phone on Tuesday.

Trump told reporters earlier that "a lot of work" had been done between the two sides on settling the Ukraine conflict and that he would speak to Putin on Tuesday.

"That is indeed the case. There is such a conversation being prepared for Tuesday," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters including AFP, without commenting on what the two leaders would discuss. -- AFP

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