President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone on Thursday, in the two leaders’ first conversation since the U.S. paused a series of weapons shipments for Ukraine.Trump urged Putin to quickly end the war in Ukraine but the Russian president refused,

Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call on Thursday that Moscow wants a negotiated end to the Ukraine war but will not step back from its original goals, a Kremlin aide said.

Putin call comes after the U.S. said it would halt some weapons shipments to Ukraine, which continues to fight off invading Russian forces.