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The conversation between the two leaders comes as the U.S. tries to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine three years after Russia&#8217;s invasion.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has not yet released a readout of the conversation, but during the call, White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino said it was &#8220;going well.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-says-speak-russian-president-vladimir-putin-ukraine-tuesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">ahead of the call<\/a><\/span>, Mr. Trump said U.S. officials are having &#8220;very serious discussions&#8221; with Russia about &#8220;land that would be kept and lost.&#8221; &#8220;You&#8217;re sort of creating the edge of a country,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The president also said Monday that negotiations are complicated, and added that he would love to meet with Putin at some point. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, delegates from the U.S. and Ukraine met in Saudi Arabia and proposed a\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-ceasefire-russia-us-talks-saudi-arabia\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">30-day ceasefire<\/a><\/span>. While Putin said he\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-ukraine-war-putin-visits-kursk-trump-envoy-ceasefire-talks-moscow\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">accepted the idea<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for a ceasefire in principle, he <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-ukraine-war-trump-us-ceasefire-push-putin-forces-advance\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">did not commit<\/a><\/span> to a deal and said more discussions were needed.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story. 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