President Putin … agreed with Trump that a long-term settlement could be reached through peace negotiations,” Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in his readout of the call, which he said lasted almost one-and-a-half hours.

“President Trump spoke in favour of stopping hostilities as soon as possible and solving the problem by peaceful means.”

Putin stressed any settlement would need to “address the root causes of the conflict,” Peskov said, without elaborating.

The Kremlin leader also invited Trump to visit Moscow.

In addition to Ukraine, the two leaders discussed the exchange of prisoners, Iran’s nuclear programme and the situation in the Middle East, he added.

Trump called his conversation with Putin “lengthy and highly productive” in a post on his social media platform Truth Social, saying they had agreed to “immediately” start negotiations.