European leaders are scrambling to speak directly with President Trump ahead of his one-on-one call with Vladimir Putin, a call the White House says will take place this week. This is the first publicly confirmed conversation between the two men in nearly three months,

State media reported that the Russian leader described the conversation as “informative, frank and very useful,” but no concrete agreements or breakthroughs were achieved

Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that the EU leaders will call US President Donald Trump tomorrow. The call is scheduled just before the American leader's conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin,