US President Donald Trump That said that Russian President Vladimir Putin He told him “very strongly” in a phone call on Wednesday that he would respond to him Ukraine The weekend unmanned attack on Russian airports, with the continued stalemate on the war, and Ukrainian President Voludmir Zelinski continues Russia The ceasefire proposal.
The US president said in a social media post that his long call with Putin “was a good conversation, but not a conversation leading to immediate peace.”
This is the first time that Trump weighs on Ukraine A bold attack inside Russia. The United States had no prior notice of the process, according to the White House. The United States led a recent diplomatic batch to stop the comprehensive invasion, which started on February 24, 2022.
Trump did not mention, in his position on social media, how his reaction to Putin’s promise to respond to the Ukraine attack, but his position did not express any frustration that Trump has expressed with his Russian counterpart in recent weeks to prolong the war.
Trump has repeatedly promised to end the war quickly, and he even said he would accomplish it before he entered it. But he has lost his patience with Putin in recent weeks, playing publicly with him to stop fighting, and even late last month that the Russian leader “became completely crazy.”
Trump, however, was not committed to supporting a batch of two parties for Putin’s punishment.
During the call, Trump’s first known talk with Putin since May 19, they also discussed the Iranian nuclear program, according to Trump.
It was not clear whether Trump intended to speak with Zelinski.
Zelenskyy cleans the Russian plan and pushes the conversations
The Ukrainian leader rejected earlier on Wednesday the ceasefire plan in Russia as a “warning” and renewed his call to direct talks with Putin to break the stalemate on the war, which lasted for about 3 and a half years.
However, Putin did not show any willingness to meet Zelinski, expressing anger on Wednesday about what he said was the last “terrorist acts” in Ukraine on Russian railways in the Kursk and Branchk regions on the borders of the countries.
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“How can any such (top) meetings be held in such circumstances? What will we talk about?” Putin asked in a video call with senior Russian officials.
Ukraine was accused of searching for a truce only to renew its inventories of western weapons, recruit more soldiers and prepare new attacks such as those in Corsak and Brick.
Both sides exchanged notes that define their conditions for the ceasefire to discuss the direct peace talks on Monday between the delegations in Istanbul, their second meeting slightly more than two weeks ago. Zelinski had previously challenged Putin to meet him in Türkiye, but Putin remained far away.
Russia and Ukraine have created red lines that make the quick deal unanimously, despite an international diplomatic batch led by the United States to stop the fighting. Kremlin’s Istanbul’s proposal contained a list of demands that Kyiv and its Western allies see non -owners.
“This document is similar to the random mail”
Zelinski said that the second round of the talks in Istanbul was not different from the first meeting on May 16. Zelinski described the latest negotiations in Istanbul as “political performance” and “artificial diplomacy” designed to stop time, delay sanctions and persuade the United States that Russia is participating in the dialogue.
“The same warnings that they expressed at the time – now they put it on paper … frankly, this document appears like random mail. It is not desirable to dump us and create the impression that they are doing something.”
He added that the 2025 talks in Istanbul bears “the same content and spirit”, such as the non -fruitful negotiations held in the Turkish city in the early days of the war.
The Ukrainian leader said he did not see little value in the ongoing talks at the current level of the delegations. Defense Minister Rustum Umerov led the Ukrainian delegation in Istanbul, while Vladimir Medinski, Putin’s assistant, headed the Russian team.
Zelinski said he wanted a ceasefire with Russia before a possible summit meeting with Putin, and perhaps also, including Trump, in an attempt to remove obstacles that prevent the settlement of peace.
“We are suggesting … a ceasefire in front of the leaders of the leaders,” with the fact that the United States is working as a mediator, Zelesky told him a media in Kiev.
“Why did he stop shooting before the leaders meeting? Because if we met and there is no mutual understanding, no willingness or vision about how to end this, the ceasefire will end on the same day. But if we see the willingness to continue the dialogue and take real steps towards canceling the correction, the ceasefire will extend with the guarantees of the United States of America.”
Zellinski said that Ukraine is ready to meet at any time next Monday in a place like Istanbul, the Vatican or Switzerland.
The US Defense Minister remains far away
The second round of peace talks continued on Monday between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul, just over an hour and did not make any progress in ending the war. They only agreed to exchange thousands of their deadly and wounded forces.
Also, a new prisoner can be exchanged with Russia at the end of the week, Zelinski said.
The United States has shown signs of struggle.
Defense Minister Beit Higseth crossed a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday for an international group to coordinate military aid to Ukraine. This was the first time that the Pentagon President in America has not attended alongside 50 other defense leaders since the United States has established the group three years ago.
An analysis published on Tuesday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a research tank in Washington, said that the Kremlin hopes to disengage while avoiding more sanctions.
“Without dangerous pain, Putin will continue to withdraw peace talks, continue fighting, and waited for the United States to move away,” she said.
Along with the talks, both sides maintained offensive military measures along the 1,000 -km front line (620 miles) and made deep strikes.
Ukraine’s security service provided more details on Wednesday about its drone strike at the wonderful weekend on Russian air bases, which claimed to be destroyed or damaged 41 Russian aircraft, including strategic bombers.
The agency claimed that the hit aircraft include the A-50, TU-95, TU-22, Tu-16, AN-12 and IL-78, adding that artificial intelligence helped direct drones thousands of kilometers (miles) from Ukraine.
She also said that it had begun an explosion on the sea bottom below the Kerch Bridge, which is a vital transportation between Russia and the illegal Crimean Peninsula, claiming that it caused damage to the structure.
But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that there was no harm.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday that its forces took control of another village in the northern Sumi region of Ukraine, on the border with Russia. Putin announced on May 22 that Russian forces aim to create a buffer zone that may help prevent attacks across the Ukrainian border. Since then, the Russian Ministry of Defense claims that its forces have taken control of nine villages.
Elia Novikov in Kyiv, Ukraine and Katie Mary Davis contributed to Manchester, England.
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