U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his offer to help end the years-long conflict in Ukraine during a “constructive” 90-minute phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 4. “The US President reaffirmed his readiness to facilitate an early termination of the hostilities and the search for peaceful solutions to the crisis,” Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov wrote in a statement on July 5. It’s the second time in a month that Trump has spoken with Putin over the phone to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, which Russia launched in February 2022 when it invaded Ukraine. “The Russian President reaffirmed our commitment to a political and diplomatic settlement of the conflict, with due consideration for Russia’s known principled approaches,” Ushakov wrote. ...