Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump spoke on the phone on Monday for the first time since September.
The Kremlin described the call, which it said came at Washington’s request and lasted one hour, as “frank and constructive.”
It said that the US had reached out to discuss “a series of extremely important questions linked to the current international situation.”
“The accent was placed on the situation surrounding the conflict with Iran and the bilateral negotiations underway with the representatives of the United States on settling the Ukrainian question,” said Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s top aide.
He added that Putin had called for a “quick political and diplomatic settlement” to the war in the Middle East.
Shortly after the call, Trump told journalists that the war in Iran was “very complete” and added that the US was “very far” ahead of schedule.
“They have no navy, no communications, they’ve got no air force. Their missiles are down to a scatter. Their drones are being blown up all over the place, including their manufacturing of drones,” he said.
The news precipitated an instant fall in oil prices.
Ushakov also said that Putin had given Trump “a description of the current situation on the line of contact where Russian troops are progressing with a lot of success.”
In February, Ukraine made its largest battlefield gains in more than two and a half years.