Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to hold a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump and Moscow is waiting for word from Washington that it is ready too, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.

Russia is waiting for signals from Washington to commence highly anticipated peace negotiations to end the war with Ukraine.

The Kremlin is responding after President Donald Trump called on Russia to make a deal with Ukraine to end the conflict there. CNN’s Matthew Chance reports.

South Korea’s military says it suspects North Korea is preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers already deployed on the Russian-Ukraine war fronts suffered heavy casualties