Putin ‘understands’ Trump proposals to de-escalate Ukraine war, Kremlin says

Rescuers search the rubble of a five-storey residential building in Zaporizhzhia October 10, 2026, after a Russian attack killed seven people, including three children. — AFP pic

First Published: Saturday, 10 Oct 2026 6:52 PM MYT

MOSCOW, Oct 11 — US President Donald Trump conveyed his ideas about how to de-escalate the war in Ukraine to Vladimir Putin during a phone call yesterday, the Kremlin said.

Putin received the proposals “with understanding”, the Kremlin said, without elaborating on what the proposals were or the Russian president’s response.

Trump, who took office last January, has long sought to broker an end to the more than four-and-a-half year conflict.

Talks between Russia and Ukraine remain largely deadlocked, with both sides intensifying long-range strikes on each other in recent months.

“The Russian president received with understanding certain proposals from the US side for measures aiming at de-escalation,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today, according to the state TASS and RIA Novosti news agencies.

US, Ukrainian and European officials met in Miami yesterday in a renewed diplomatic push to end the fighting, as Washington seeks to find a way out of the stalemate. — AFP