WASHINGTON–President Trump has begun a high-stakes call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a White House official said, the latest administration attempt to jump-start peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv.

Make no mistake, the real battle in the Ukraine war right now isn’t in the skies over Kyiv or Dnipro where Russian drone strikes have intensified, dramatically, in recent days. Nor is the slow,

President Donald Trump is hoping separate phone calls with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make progress toward a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine.