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Vladimir Putin has praised Donald Trump for "doing everything" to improve relations between Moscow and Washington, after the US President said the US had "very good and productive discussions" with Putin in recent days.
Putin said at a meeting with his security chiefs that improving relations with the US was now on the agenda.
"We know that the new administration headed by President Trump is doing everything to restore at least something of what was essentially destroyed by the previous American administration," he said.
Putin also responded to a call from Trump to save the lives of "thousands" of besieged Ukrainian soldiers and said he would listen to him as long as the soldiers surrendered.
But no evidence has emerged to support Putin and Trump's claims that there is a large-scale encirclement of Ukrainian troops, a claim explicitly denied by military chiefs in Kiev.
The exchange of warm words between Trump and Putin is likely to cause further alarm in Kiev and European capitals, already spooked by signs that the new US administration is cozying up to Moscow while putting pressure on Ukraine.
The remarks came after Steve Witkoff, Trump's close ally and special envoy for the Middle East, held late-night talks with Putin on Thursday to discuss the US proposal for an immediate 30-day ceasefire in the war against Ukraine.
Kiev has already accepted the proposal, while Putin on Thursday outlined a comprehensive set of conditions that would have to be met before Russia would accept the ceasefire, which includes the condition that Ukraine should not rearm or mobilize during the 30-day ceasefire.
In a post on Truth Social on Friday, however, Trump said there was a "very good chance" that the war between Russia and Ukraine "could finally end."
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