U.S. President Donald Trump informed reporters on July 3 that he "didn't make any progress" on ending the battle in Ukraine throughout his name with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier within the day.
"We had a name. It was a reasonably lengthy name. We talked about quite a lot of issues," Trump mentioned forward of his flight to an Iowa occasion.
When requested if he had made any progress with Putin on the decision, Trump responded: "No, I didn't make any progress with him at this time in any respect."
The 2 leaders held an hour-long dialog early within the on July 3 centered on Russia's battle in Ukraine and the state of affairs within the Middle East. The decision marks the sixth dialog between the 2 males since Trump took workplace in January.
Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov informed reporters earlier within the day that Putin mentioned "Russia will proceed to pursue its targets" within the battle in opposition to Ukraine.
"Our president mentioned that Russia will pursue its targets, particularly addressing the basis causes that led to the present state of affairs, and won’t again down from these aims," Ushakov added.
The White Home didn’t present a learn out of the assembly, and Trump didn’t present additional touch upon the cellphone name.
Since taking workplace, Trump has tried to dealer a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia to no avail. Regardless of two rounds of negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow, Putin has refused to implement a ceasefire, citing his maximalist calls for.
Whereas Trump has expressed frustration with Russia's continued aggression, his administration has not imposed new sanctions nor taken steps to stress the Kremlin instantly.
Putin's message got here amid a surge of Russian drone and missile attacks throughout Ukraine which have killed and injured lots of of civilians in current weeks.
The strikes have destroyed quite a few infrastructure as Russia intensifies its assault regardless of repeated calls from Kyiv, Washington, and European leaders for an unconditional ceasefire.
The cellphone name additionally got here only a day after the U.S. Protection Division paused shipments of key weapons techniques to Ukraine, together with Patriot air protection missiles and precision-guided munitions. Ukraine's Overseas Ministry has warned that the delay undermines protection efforts and dangers emboldening Russia to escalate additional.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, talking from Denmark earlier within the day, mentioned that reaching peace would require direct talks between nationwide leaders.
The president described Trump and Putin as "fully completely different folks" however emphasised that solely Putin makes choices in Russia.
"In Russia, solely Putin makes choices, which is why we’d like a gathering on the management stage if we wish to have peace," Zelensky mentioned.
The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy