'No progress with Putin': Trump on Russia-Ukraine ceasefire after 'pretty long call'

US President Donald Trump connected Thursday said that helium hadn't made immoderate advancement regarding a imaginable ceasefire successful the Russia-Ukraine struggle pursuing his telephone speech with Russian President Vladimir Putin connected Thursday.When questioned astir his treatment with Putin, Trump confirmed to journalists, "No, I didn't marque immoderate advancement with him contiguous astatine all."Trump elaborated connected the conversation, stating, "We had a call. It was a beauteous agelong call. We talked astir a batch of things, including Iran, and we besides talked about, arsenic you know, the warfare with Ukraine. And I'm not blessed astir that, I'm not happy.""We had a call. It was a beauteous agelong call. We talked astir a batch of things, including Iran.

We besides talked astir the warfare with Ukraine. I americium not blessed astir that... No, I didn't marque immoderate advancement with him (Russian President Putin) today..." helium said successful little comments astatine an aerial basal extracurricular Washington, earlier departing for a campaign-style lawsuit successful Iowa.

Russia volition 'not backmost down' to lick conflict's 'root causes'

According to Putin's adjutant Yury Ushakov's summary, the leaders engaged successful a "frank and substantive" discussion. Whilst Trump suggested an contiguous ceasefire successful Russia's Ukrainian campaign, Putin declined.

Ushakov noted that Putin affirmed Russia's committedness to its objectives successful the conflict, whilst remaining unfastened to resolving the concern done diplomatic channels."Our president said that Russia volition prosecute its goals, specifically addressing the basal causes that led to the existent situation, and volition not backmost down from these objectives," Ushakov said.During an extensive, 60-minute speech centred connected the Ukrainian struggle and Middle Eastern developments, Trump reiterated his presumption connected seeking an aboriginal decision to the subject operations successful Ukraine.

This marked the sixth connection betwixt Putin and Trump this year."Trump erstwhile again emphasized the request to extremity subject hostilities arsenic soon arsenic possible. Vladimir Putin noted that Russia continues to question a politically negotiated solution to the conflict," Ushakov added.The Kremlin indicated that Putin updated Trump regarding the advancement of agreements betwixt Russia and Ukraine from the erstwhile month, concerning captive of warfare exchanges and deceased subject personnel.

Putin expressed Russia's openness to re-engage successful discussions with Kyiv.Ushakov stated that their president reaffirmed Russia's determination to execute its established objectives, peculiarly addressing the underlying causes of the contiguous confrontation, maintaining an unwavering presumption connected these aims.This connection occurred portion Russia intensified its unmanned aerial conveyance and rocket attacks crossed Ukraine successful caller weeks and the US has paused shipments of definite captious weapons to Ukraine owed to debased stockpiles.

'We haven't afloat stopped supply': Trump

Trump addressed reporters portion departing for Iowa, stating "we haven't" afloat stopped the weapons supply, portion criticising Joe Biden for allegedly depleting American defence resources done excessive weapons transfers."We're giving weapons, but we've fixed truthful galore weapons. But we are giving weapons. And we're moving with them and trying to assistance them, but we haven't. You know, Biden emptied retired our full state giving them weapons, and we person to marque definite that we person capable for ourselves," helium remarked.This speech of diplomatic statements emerges amidst reports that the US has temporarily halted deliveries of circumstantial important weapons to Ukraine, arsenic sources informed Reuters. This intermission occurs astatine a captious infinitesimal erstwhile Ukraine confronts a Russian summertime violative and faces increasing attacks connected civilian areas.