Trump posted the details of his conversation with the Russian President on social media platform Truth Social before speaking to Zelenskyy.
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US President Donald Trump has held separate phone calls in quick succession with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on potentially moving forward with peace talks.
In a post on social media platform Truth Social, Trump said he had a "lengthy and highly productive phone call' with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
In the same post, Trump wrote "I have asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of the CIA John Ratcliffe, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, and Ambassador and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, to lead the negotiations which, I feel strongly, will be successful."
Trump said he and Putin also discussed other topics including the Middle East, energy, Artificial Intelligence and "the power of the dollar", as well as reflected on the "great history of our nations," and thanked him for the release of American school teacher Marc Fogel as part of a prisoner swap with Alexander Vinnik, a convicted Russian criminal.
Soon after his conversation with Putin, Trump spoke with Zelenskyy, who later posted on X saying the two talked "about opportunities to achieve peace, discussed our readiness to work together at the team level. I am grateful to President Trump for his interest in what we can accomplish together."
"Together with the US, we are charting our next steps to stop Russian aggression and ensure a lasting, reliable peace," said Zelenskyy.
"As President Trump said, let’s get it done," he continued, adding that the two had "agreed to maintain further contact and plan upcoming meetings."
Zelenskyy also mentioned discussions he had had with US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent on the "preparation of a new document on security, economic cooperation, and resource partnership."
Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Putin and Trump agreed in the telephone conversation to organise a meeting in person, and that the Russian president told Trump he is ready to receive Americans in the country.
"The Russian President supported one of the main theses of the head of the American state that the time has come for our countries to work together," the Kremlin spokesperson said.
Speaking about the war in Ukraine, Trump claimed that millions of people had died in a conflict that "would not have happened" if he were president when it began, and added that "it did happen, so it must end."