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President Trump is claiming progress towards securing a peace in Ukraine after a lengthy phone call with Russian

President Vladimir Putin. Yet the call failed to

achieve the immediate ceasefire. The Trump administration has been seeking from Moscow NPR's

Charles Mainz is more. Despite more than two hours of talks praised by both leaders as constructive,

Trump and Putin gave strikingly different takes on what had been achieved. Putin said Russia sought

a negotiated settlement,

but insisted positions still needed to be fleshed out and concessions granted by Kiev before any

peace could take hold. In contrast, Trump, in opposed to social media, said Russia had agreed to

immediately start negotiations towards a ceasefire, and more importantly, seeking end to the war.

Trump also appeared to downplay earlier threats to sanction Moscow over its failure to sign on to the ceasefire deal,

instead praising investment opportunities in both Ukraine and Russia once a peace deal was finalized.

Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.

Even as President Trump has gone after retailer Walmart for indicating it might pass on some of the costs of his tariffs to customers,

some members of his administration are acknowledging that could happen.

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