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Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump spoke by phone for an hour in a call the Kremlin called 'constructive and candid,' discussing envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner's trips to Moscow and Kyiv; Trump reportedly pressed Putin for a swift end to the war, tying it to restoring U.S.-Russia relations. Follow-up reporting indicates Washington may be reshuffling its diplomatic team on the conflict. The Financial Times reported that CIA Director John Ratcliffe may take a leading role in U.S. talks on the Russia-Ukraine war, as the administration considers reducing the prominence of Witkoff and Kushner in the negotiations. The potential shift suggests a reorientation of the U.S. approach to brokering an end to the conflict following the Trump-Putin call.