"The fact is that there were no telephone conversations then," said Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Kremlin, state news agency Tass reported.

Ukraine has been hit by the biggest ever aerial attack from Russia - 728 drones and 13 cruise or ballistic missiles hit cities around the country in multiple waves.

Trump during the Cabinet meeting photo opportunity also said he had approved the transfer of weapons to Ukraine to defend itself from Putin’s nightly attacks against Ukrainian civilians.