Putin and Zelenskyy each speak with Trump by phone as drone strikes kill 2 in Russia and U.K. detains tanker

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Both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke separately by phone with Donald Trump on Sunday, the two Ukrainian and Russian leaders making their pitches to the U.S. president as the war grinds on. The calls came as drone strikes killed two people in Russia and British authorities detained a tanker in what appeared to be escalating military operations across the conflict zone. Details of what was discussed between Trump and each leader remained unclear, though the back-to-back diplomacy underscored the intense maneuvering around potential negotiations.