US President Donald Trump and Russian President Putin had a phone conversation. Referring to this, Trump said, “There was no progress towards a possible ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war.” When asked about the conversation with Putin to Trump, he told reporters, “No, he did not proceed in the conversation with me.”
Trump said, “We talked, it was a long conversation. We discussed many issues including Iran and as you know, we also talked about the war with Ukraine. I am not happy about not ending the war between Russia-Ukraine.”
Ceasefire attempt has been going on for a long time
According to US media, Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov told about the call, “The two leaders held ‘openly and solid’ and Trump expressed the possibility of an immediate ceasefire in Russia’s war with Ukraine, but Putin did not agree. Putin did not agree. Putin said that Russia will continue to push his declared objectives in the struggle ‘and continue to seek political solutions to the conflict through conversation.
According to the social media posts conducted by Trump, the last public call between Putin and Trump was last month, in which the Israeli-Iran struggle was discussed. He also talked about the Ukraine-Russia war in May.
Leaders of Russia and Ukraine talked directly in Istanbul, but no result was found.
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However, Trump and some of his allies are trying to ensure permanent ceasefire. Trump repeatedly said during the election campaign that he would end the struggle within the first 24 hours of his second term. During the presidential debate in September, he said that I can solve the struggle before becoming President.
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Talking to reporters on Thursday, Trump was also asked about the US ban in sending missiles and ammunition to Ukraine. Trump denied that there was any such ban.
Donald Trump said, “We have not done this, we are giving weapons because we have given a lot of weapons, but we are giving weapons and we are working with them and trying to help them. But we have not done this, you know, Biden has emptied them by giving them weapons and we have to decide that we have enough weapons for ourselves.”
NBC News In his report, he said that the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had ordered to stop shipment due to concerns about the US Army reserves. This information was given by two Congress officials and two sources knowing about this decision.
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