Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump have yet to discuss a possible meeting, CNN quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying. It cited Peskov as saying there had been no initial contacts between the two leaders about whether such a meeting was needed or where and how it might take place if it did happen.

Russia on Sunday declined to confirm or deny a US report of a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming it had not received a good offer to start talks on Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday he could “neither confirm nor deny” reports of a conversation between Russian president Vladimir Putin and US president Donald Trump, Russia’s state news agency has reported.

President Donald Trump is expected to introduce new 25% tariffs on Monday on all steel and aluminium imports into the U.S., on top of existing metals duties, in another major escalation of his shake-up of trade policy.

Russia stated its relationship with the US is "balancing on the brink of a breakup," during a press conference Monday morning.

The Kremlin neither confirms nor denies reports of a phone conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, stated the Russian leader's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov. On Sunday, the U.S. President acknowledged that he had a phone call with Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine.

The Kremlin on Sunday declined to confirm or deny a US report of a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Peskov previously several times denied reports of conversations between Trump and Putin before the US leader's return to the presidency.