US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed in a phone call yesterday ways of peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. The White House said that the sides discussed the potential for a peaceful resolution of the conflict along the Ukrainian border. It was also agreed that Trump will take part in the 2017 NATO summit in Brussels. <br/><br/>The news comes as the Ukrainian forces resumed heavy shelling of the residential areas of Donetsk yesterday, deploying additional troops closer to the borders of the self-proclaimed republics in the east of the country.<br/><br/>On Saturday, in a phone talk with Ukraine's President Poroshenko, Trump pledged to cooperate with leaders of Russia, Ukraine and other nations in order to restore peace in war-torn Donbass. Recently, the situation in Donbass escalated with heavy fighting brewing in the vicinity of the industrial town of Avdiivka. Clashes are estimated to have left over 40 people dead and more than 100 wounded.