Any conversation between the two would mark the first time a sitting U.S. president and Putin have spoken since the war in Ukraine began, although former President Joe Biden held phone calls with Putin multiple times in the leadup to Moscow's invasion to urge Putin against it.

The president won’t say whether he has had a recent conversation with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. He also won't say why he won’t answer the question.

President Donald Trump has said multiple times that the war in Ukraine would have never broken out had he been in office.