Trump's call with Putin took place as members of his Cabinet, including Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance, visited Europe on inaugural trips in their positions. Vance and Rubio will meet with Zelenskyy on Friday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, the White House says.

Trump holds talks with Zelensky following his 1.5-hour-long conversation with Putin 'Restoring Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is unrealistic objective,' Pentagon chief says Coordinating allied support — Umerov lists Ukraine's priorities at Ramstein-format summit Europe faces 'total' Russian occupation without Ukraine's army,

By Nandita Bose, Guy Faulconbridge and Tom Balmforth WASHINGTON/MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Donald Trump said both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed a desire for peace in separate phone calls with him on Wednesday,