Trump says Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations for a ceasefire [SOUND]

# US president Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine will begin peace negotiations immediately to end the war. He had a two-hour phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, describing the conversation as excellent. Putin said the phone call was meaningful and frank, however, adding that his country’s maximalist objectives in the war were unchanged. Trump says it is crucial that the US not distance itself from the talks and the pursuit of peace: