US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said secretary Rubio and foreign minister Lavrov also agreed to continue working towards restoring communication between the US and Russia.

U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio held a phone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on March 15 as Washington attempts to persuade Moscow to accept a 30-day ceasefire deal. According to a statement by the U.

The top US and Russian diplomats discussed Saturday the "next steps" to end the war in Ukraine, hours after Kyiv's allies agreed to exert pressure on Moscow.Despite recent tensions between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine on Friday said that he saw a good chance to end the war with Russia after Ukraine accepted a US proposal for a 30-day interim ceasefire. This was as Moscow said it would only agree if certain conditions were met.