Trump says Putin call yielded no progress on a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire
President Donald Trump said he “had not progressed” to a potential ceasefire in the Russian-Ukraine war when he spoke by phone on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“No, I have made no progress with him today,” Trump told journalists when he questioned his call with Putin earlier during the day.
“We had a call. It was a fairly long call. We talked about many things, including Iran, and we also talked, as you know, war with Ukraine. And I’m not happy with that, I’m not happy,” said Trump.
Putin helps Yury Ushakov declared in a reading of the call that the two leaders had had a “frank and substantial” conversation and that Trump had raised the possibility of an immediate cease-fire in the Russian war with Ukraine but that Putin did not agree. Putin said Russia “will pursue its declared objectives” in the conflict and continues to seek a political conflict resolution through negotiations, USHAKOV added.
The last public call known between Putin and Trump took place last month in a discussion that involved the Israeli-Iranian conflict, according to a social article of Trump’s truth. They also spoke in May about the Ukrainian-Russia war.
Representatives of Russia and Ukraine had direct talks in Istanbul in May, but there were no breakthroughs.
Trump and some of his allies on Capitol Hill are looking for a permanent ceasefire.
Trump said on the campaign track several times that he would end the conflict in the first 24 hours of his second term. During a presidential debate in September, he declared that he could resolve the conflict “before even becoming president”.
Addressing journalists on Thursday, Trump was also questioned on an American break in expedition missiles and ammunition in Ukraine. Trump denied that there was a break.
“We have not done it, we give weapons because we have given so many weapons, but we give weapons, and we work with them and try to help them,” said Trump. “But we don’t have it, you know, Biden has emptied our whole country by giving weapons, and we must make sure that we have enough for ourselves.”
NBC News reported this week that the defense secretary Pete Hegseth had ordered an expedition break concerning concerns about the US military stocks, according to two congresses and two sources knowing the decision.
