Putin and Zelenskyy each speak with Trump by phone as drone strikes kill 2 in Russia and U.K. detains tanker

Key Points:

• Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy each spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump by phone on Sunday, discussing the ongoing war in Ukraine ahead of the G7 summit.
• Trump emphasized the need to end hostilities and expressed readiness to influence European allies and Kyiv toward peace, while Putin stated that attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure would not alter Ukraine's battlefield position and invited Zelenskyy to Moscow for talks.
• Zelenskyy described his conversation with Trump as "wonderful," thanking him for U.S. support and noting improvements in Ukraine's eastern front, with plans for further discussion at the G7 summit.
• The calls occurred amid continued conflict, including Ukrainian drone strikes that killed civilians and hit Russian fuel storage facilities, part of Ukraine’s intensified attacks on Russian oil and gas infrastructure.
• Separately, the UK detained a sanctioned tanker suspected of being part of Russia's "shadow fleet," marking the first UK-led operation targeting vessels evading sanctions related to the war in Ukraine.