What to expect from Trump's phone call with Putin on Ukraine
Getty ImagesDonald Trump is due to speak on the phone to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to discuss a US-proposed Ukraine ceasefire deal.
The peace proposal on the table was discussed by Ukrainian and American delegates in Saudi Arabia last week.
After hours locked away in a room, they announced proposals for a 30-day ceasefire, which Ukraine said it was ready to accept.
Now Russia and the US will discuss the deal, but what could the two leaders talk about?
What has the US said?
Trump posted on Truth Social that he will speak to Putin on Tuesday morning.
The US president says "many elements" of a peace agreement in Ukraine have been agreed, but "much remains" to be worked upon.
"Each week brings 2,500 soldier deaths, from both sides, and it must end NOW. I look very much forward to the call with President Putin," Trump wrote.
He earlier told reporters that "we're going to see if we can work a peace agreement, a ceasefire and peace, and I think we'll be able to do it".
The White House also sounded a more upbeat note on Monday, saying peace in Ukraine had "never been closer".
However, there have been varying views from within the Trump istration of how advanced the ceasefire talks are.
Speaking after his meeting in Jeddah with Ukrainian officials on 11 March, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the "bulk" of the conversation had been "what a negotiation process would look like" and not "the specific conditions".
US envoy Steve Witkoff, who met Putin on Thursday in Moscow, has also struck a more measured tone.
What has Russia said?
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on what the leaders would discuss, responding: "We never do that".
While Putin has previously said he s a ceasefire, he also set out a list of conditions for achieving peace.
Speaking at a news conference in Moscow on 13 March, Putin said of the ceasefire proposal: "The idea is right - and we it - but there are questions that we need to discuss."
Putin also outlined some of his questions over how a ceasefire would work. He asked: "How will those 30 days be used? For Ukraine to mobilise? Rearm? Train people? Or none of that? Then a question - how will that be controlled?
"Who will give the order to end the fighting? At what cost? Who decides who has broken any possible ceasefire, over 2,000km? All those questions need meticulous work from both sides. Who polices it":[]}