Moscow/Washington, June 5 -- US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the situation in the Middle East in a telephonic conversation lasting 70 minutes on Wednesday, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said. T

he conversation began with the discussion of the situation around Ukraine, and Putin told Trump in detail about the results of the second round of Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul, Ushakov said, adding that the presidents also discussed the situation in the Middle East.

The telephonic conversation lasted 70 minutes, Ushakov said.

"About an hour ago, our president's fourth telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump ended. This conversation this time lasted about ...