US president Donald Trump Said that the Russian president Vladimir Putin In a phone call on Wednesday he told him “very firmly” he would answer Of Ukraine The drone strike on Russian airports weekend, when the war broke out and dismissed by Ukrainian President Wolodmeer Zelinski From Russia Seas fire proposals.
The US president said in a social media post that his long call with Putin was “a good conversation, but not a conversation that would immediately lead to peace.”
This is the first time that Trump has increased the weight of Ukraine Attack of courage inside Russia. According to the White House, the United States did not have a advance notice of the operation. The United States has recently led the US diplomatic pressure to prevent the entire attack on February 24, 2022.
In his social media post, Trump did not say how he reacted to Putin's promise to respond to the Ukrainian attack, but his post did not express the disappointment that Trump has expressed in recent weeks of war with his Russian counterpart.
Trump repeatedly promised to end the war, and even said he would fulfill it before taking the oath.
However, Trump has not pledged to back a bilateral push for Putin's approval.
According to Trump, during the call, Trump's first famous conversation with Putin from May 19, he also discussed Iran's nuclear program.
It was unclear if Trump had planned to talk to Zillski.
Zelinski brushed the Russian project and emphasized the conversation
The Ukrainian leader early Wednesday rejected the Russian ceasefire plan as a “ultimatum” and renewed demand for direct talks with Putin to break the halt in connection with the war, which has been dragging for about 3 1/2 years.
However, Putin did not agree to meet Zilnski on Wednesday, which he said, adding that he said that the recent “terrorist activities” were on Ukraine's “terrorist activities” on Russian rail lines in the Brown Lines.
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“How can such a (summit) meetings be held in such situations? What do we talk about?” Putin asked in a video call with Russian officials.
He accused Ukraine of just calling for a war to fill his reservoir of Western weapons, recruit more troops and and develop new attacks such as Briannik.
The two sides exchanged memoirs to exchang their terms in just two weeks to set their terms for discussing direct peace talks between the delegation in Istanbul on Monday. Zelinski had previously challenged Putin to meet him in Turkey, but Putin remained away.
Russia and Ukraine have established red lines, which are unlikely to have an immediate agreement to stop the fight despite US -led international diplomatic pressure. The Istanbul proposal of the Kremlin contained a list of demands that Kiev and its Western allies see as non -starters.
'This document looks like spam'
Zillsky said the second round of talks in Istanbul was no different from the first meeting on May 16. Zelinsky describes the latest talks in Istanbul as “a political performance” and “artificial diplomacy” that has been prepared to stop for time, delay sanctions and convince the United States that Russia is involved in dialogue.
In the first response to the Russian document, Zillsky said, “The same ultimatus raised his voice at that time – now he put them on the paper only… truthfully, this document looks like a spam. This means that he puts us into the flood and creates the impression that he is doing something.”
He added that the 2025 talks in Istanbul presented “the same material and spirit” as there were fruitless talks in the Turkish city in the early days of the war.
The Ukrainian leader said he sees very little price in the delegation's current talks. Defense Minister Rustam Omarov led the Ukrainian delegation in Istanbul, while Putin's assistant, Vladimir Mednski, led the Russian team.
Zlinski said he wants a ceasefire with Russia ahead of a possible summit with Putin, possibly in an attempt to remove barriers to settlement settlement, including Trump.
“We are proposing a ceasefire ahead of a summit of leaders working as a mediator, Zlinski told a media briefing in Kiev.”
He said, “Why a ceasefire before the meeting of the leaders? Because if we meet and there is no mutual understanding, no consent or vision about its elimination, then the wars of the day will end on the same day.
Ukraine is ready to meet at any time like Istanbul, Vatican or Switzerland at any time from next Monday, Zelinsky said.
US Defense Secretary remains away
The second round of peace talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegation in Istanbul on Monday continued for only an hour and there was no progress on the end of the war. They only agreed to replace thousands of dead and seriously injured soldiers.
Zillski said a new prisoner with Russia could be exchanged at the end of the week.
The United States has shown signs of removing itself from conflict.
Secretary Defense Pet Hegsith withdrew from a meeting of an international group to integrate military aid to Ukraine in Brussels on Wednesday. It was the first time that the Pentagon Chief of the United States did not attend with 50 other defense leaders, and the United States formed the group three years ago.
An analysis published Tuesday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank, said the Kremlin is hoping for US instability, avoiding further sanctions.
“Without severe distress, Putin will continue to drag peace talks, fight, and wait for the United States to walk,” he said.
With negotiations, the two sides have maintained aggressive military operations with a frontline about 1,000 1,000 km (620 miles) frontline.
The Ukrainian security service on Wednesday cited more details about the drone strike on Russian airports on Wednesday, claiming that 41 Russian aircraft, including strategic bombers, were destroyed or damaged.
The agency claimed that the planes killed in the aircraft included A-50, TU-95, TU-22, TU-160, AN-12, and IL-78 aircraft, adding that artificial intelligence has helped guide thousands of kilometers (miles) from Ukraine.
It also states that it carried out an explosion on the sea -edge under the Crutch Bridge on Tuesday, which is an important transport between Russia and illegally, and it has been claimed that it has damaged the structure.
But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that no harm was done.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday that its army had taken control of another village in the northern Sami region of Ukraine on the Russian border. Putin announced May 22 that Russian troops aim to create a buffer zone that could help prevent cross -border attacks in Ukraine. Since then, the Russian Defense Ministry claims that its forces have taken control of nine Sami villages.
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