Putin and Zelensky Hold Separate Phone Calls with Trump on His 80th Birthday to Discuss Ukraine War

On his 80th birthday, President Donald Trump held separate phone calls with Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss ending the war ahead of the G7 summit. According to the Kremlin, Trump offered to influence allies towards peace, while Putin demanded any meeting with Zelenskyy happen in Moscow. The calls occurred as Ukrainian drones struck Russian targets, killing at least two people, and the UK detained a Russian tanker.

Trump-Putin birthday phone call

• ▪According to Russian aide Yuri Ushakov, Donald Trump emphasized the need to end hostilities in Ukraine and offered to influence allies toward that goal
• ▪U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to travel to Russia soon for further discussions
• ▪Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone on June 14, 2026, for Trump's 80th birthday
• ▪Donald Trump informed Vladimir Putin that a U.S. agreement with Iran was close and could be announced on June 14, 2026
• ▪The phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin lasted just under an hour
• ▪Donald Trump told Vladimir Putin that recent Ukrainian strikes on civilian targets in Russia complicate a settlement

Trump-Zelenskyy birthday phone call

• ▪Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to continue their discussions during a meeting at the upcoming G7 summit in France
• ▪Volodymyr Zelenskyy informed Donald Trump that Ukraine's position along the eastern front line has improved and strengthened
• ▪Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a separate phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on June 14, 2026
• ▪Volodymyr Zelenskyy described his call with Donald Trump as a "wonderful conversation" and thanked him for supporting Ukraine

Putin demands Moscow meeting

• ▪Vladimir Putin argued that Ukrainian attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure would not change the situation on the battlefield
• ▪Volodymyr Zelenskyy has consistently rejected Vladimir Putin's offer to hold a meeting in Moscow
• ▪Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump that if Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants a meeting, he should come to Moscow

Ukrainian drone strikes Russia

• ▪On June 14, 2026, a Ukrainian drone attack on a residential building in Russia's Oryol region killed one person and wounded nine
• ▪A separate Ukrainian drone attack on June 14, 2026, killed one person in Russia's Bryansk region
• ▪A Ukrainian drone strike also hit fuel storage facilities in Russia's Yaroslavl region, approximately 440 miles from the Ukrainian border

G7 summit Ukraine agenda

• ▪The war in Ukraine, which began in February 2022, has now lasted longer than World War I
• ▪Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to join the G7 gathering and participate in a working session with Donald Trump
• ▪The phone calls occurred just before the G7 summit in France, where the war in Ukraine is a major topic of discussion

British shadow fleet detention

• ▪The Smyrtos is suspected of belonging to Russia's "shadow fleet" of vessels used to evade sanctions related to the war in Ukraine