Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Mikhail Metzel | Evelyn Hockstein | Through Reuters
President Donald Trump on Wednesday mentioned he spoke with Russian chief Vladimir Putin for nicely over an hour about Ukraine’s bargain assault on Russian airplanes and nuclear talks with Iran.
Putin in that decision vowed retaliation in opposition to Ukraine for the beautiful surprise attack, which Kyiv mentioned resulted in strikes on greater than 40 Russian bombers, Trump mentioned.
“It was dialog, however not a dialog that may result in quick Peace,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“President Putin did say, and really strongly, that he must reply to the latest assault on the airfields,” the president added.
Trump’s put up didn’t say if he discouraged Putin from taking that motion throughout their 75-minute dialog.
“We additionally mentioned Iran, and the truth that time is operating out on Iran’s determination pertaining to nuclear weapons, which should be made shortly!” Trump wrote.
“I said to President Putin that Iran can not have a nuclear weapon and, on this, I consider that we had been in settlement.”
Putin “steered that he’ll take part within the discussions with Iran and that he may, maybe, be useful in getting this dropped at a speedy conclusion,” Trump wrote.
The U.S. president mentioned that he believes Iran has been “slowwalking” its determination, including, “we’ll want a definitive reply in a really quick time frame!”
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