President Trump mentioned late Thursday that he’s “very disillusioned” with the dialog he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin and reiterated that he made “no progress” in ending the three-year conflict in Jap Europe.
“I’m very disillusioned with the dialog I had at this time with President Putin as a result of I don’t assume he’s there. I’m simply saying, I don’t assume he’s trying to cease, and that’s too dangerous,” Trump advised reporters late Thursday night time after touchdown again in Washington after his rally in Des Moines, Iowa.
Trump additionally advised reporters he plans to talk to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.
Earlier on Thursday, Trump mentioned that he made “no progress” throughout his name with Putin in brokering a possible ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
“We had a name. It was a fairly lengthy name. Talked about lots of issues, together with Iran. And we additionally talked about, as you recognize, the conflict with Ukraine, and I’m not completely satisfied about that,” Trump mentioned within the gaggle with journalists.
“I didn’t make any progress with him at this time in any respect,” the president acknowledged.
Trump’s name with Putin on Thursday morning was their first dialog for the reason that Protection Division (DOD) paused the delivery of some air protection missiles and munitions to Ukraine after considerations that army stockpiles are working low.
When requested in regards to the halt, the president downplayed the affect of the halt.
“We’re giving weapons … and we’re working with them and making an attempt to assist them. However we have now — you recognize Biden emptied out our complete nation giving them weapons. And we have now to verify we have now sufficient for ourselves,” Trump mentioned.
Trump pushed the Russian president to finish Moscow’s conflict in Ukraine, however Putin dismissed the hassle, in line with the Kremlin’s readout of the decision.
Putin advised Trump that Russia wouldn’t divert from its army targets in Ukraine, in line with Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s shut aide.
Ushakov mentioned the 2 leaders didn’t discuss in regards to the Pentagon’s pause of weapons shipments to Ukraine and that Putin expressed willingness to proceed negotiations with Kyiv.
Trump has lengthy mentioned that he desires to dealer a peace deal in Jap Europe and assist finish the most important land conflict in Europe since World Conflict 2, however the president has had a tough time getting there.
Russia late Thursday ramped up its assault on Ukraine, launching an in a single day assault with over 540 drones on Kyiv and different cities, according to Ukraine’s Air Drive.
“Notably, the primary air raid alerts in our cities and areas yesterday started to blare virtually concurrently with media studies discussing a cellphone name between President Trump and Putin. But once more, Russia is displaying it has no intention of ending the conflict and terror,” Zelensky said in a Friday morning publish on the social media platform X.
Russia’s protection ministry mentioned it had intercepted 48 of Ukraine’s drones.