The leaders of the US and Russia discussed tensions in Europe in their first conversation since the Alaska summit in August

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump spoke over the phone on Thursday amid renewed tensions over potential deliveries of American Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine and stalled peace talks.

Trump described the conversation as “very productive” and announced plans for a summit with Putin in Hungary’s capital, Budapest.

Putin’s top aide, Yury Ushakov, later released a statement summarizing the phone call.

Frank conversation

The conversation, which lasted nearly two and a half hours, was “very…

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