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Russia Today
a day ago
- Business
- Russia Today
Trump reveals he spoke to Putin about Ukrainian attacks
US President Donald Trump has said he held a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to discuss the Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian airbases. Ukrainian drones hit multiple Russian airbases on Sunday in a coordinated assault. Targets ranged from Murmansk in the Arctic to Irkutsk in Siberia. Kiev claims the strikes damaged or destroyed approximately 40 Russian military aircraft, including Tu-95 and Tu-22 long-range bombers. Moscow has not verified these claims, stating that most of the incoming drones were intercepted. Reports suggest the attack was executed using explosive-laden drones launched from commercial trucks that had been covertly brought into Russian territory. Trump made the announcement in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday, writing that the call with Putin lasted more than an hour, describing it as 'a good conversation.' 'We discussed the attack on Russia's docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides,' he wrote, noting, however, it was 'not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace.' Trump added that the Russian president 'did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields.' Moscow has confirmed the Trump-Putin phone call. Yury Ushakov, the top foreign policy adviser to the Russian president, told a press briefing on Wednesday that the two leaders agreed to continue contacts on Ukraine, including at the highest level and through other channels. According to Ushakov, Putin informed Trump that Kiev had tried to sabotage the direct Russia-Ukraine talks – the second round of which was held in Istanbul on Monday – by launching targeted strikes on Russian civilian sites under direct orders from the Ukrainian leadership. Putin on Wednesday called the railway sabotage in Russia's Bryansk and Kursk Regions 'undoubtedly a terrorist act' by the 'illegitimate regime in Kiev,' which, he said, 'is gradually turning into a terrorist organization.'
Washington Post
a day ago
- General
- Washington Post
After Putin call, Trump suggests Ukraine, Russia should ‘fight for a while'
President Donald Trump's comment about inevitable Russian retaliation following his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin has been widely interpreted in Russia as a tacit endorsement of Moscow's right to strike back after a spectacular Ukrainian drone operation, without even a note of caution about civilian casualties. It was turnaround for Trump after recent Russia-related posts on Truth Social had reprimanded Putin for strikes against civilians, but as has happened after past phone calls between the two leaders, Putin appeared to have swayed Trump over to his views on the conflict. Trump called it a good conversation, 'but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace. President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields.'
Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Trump, Putin Speak 1st Time After Ukraine Drone Strike
On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss the phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. On today's show, Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall, Republican Senator Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress Senior Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Lighthouse Public Affairs Founder Chapin Fay, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Commodity Strategist Mike McGlone, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. (Source: Bloomberg)
The National
2 days ago
- Politics
- The National
Trump says Putin could participate in Iran talks and will retaliate against Ukraine drone attack
President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Wednesday, with the US leader saying his Russian counterpart told him he wanted to participate in Iran nuclear talks and that he would retaliate against Ukraine's recent drone attack. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Mr Trump said that the phone call lasted more than hour, and that the two leaders agreed Iran could not have a nuclear weapon. "President Putin suggested that he will participate in the discussions with Iran and that he could, perhaps, be helpful in getting this brought to a rapid conclusion," Mr Trump said. "Time is running out on Iran's decision pertaining to nuclear weapons, which must be made quickly!" The post also said Iran has been "slow walking" talks. Iran and the US have been engaged in negotiations on a new deal that would put limits on its nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief. The US wants Iran to cease enriching uranium under a possible new deal, but Tehran says its programme is for civilian purposes and it has the right to continue. Earlier on Wednesday, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said a US proposal for a nuclear deal ran counter to Tehran's national interests, and that his country would not abandon uranium enrichment. Though Mr Trump said the call "was a good conversation", Mr Putin vowed to retaliate after Kyiv attacked Russian planes, and as a result, there would be no "immediate peace". Mr Putin "did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields", the US President wrote in his post. This a stark turn around for Mr Trump, who took office this year on a promise to swiftly end the war in Ukraine. On Monday, delegates from Russia and Ukraine met briefly in Istanbul for a new round of talks. The day before, Kyiv unleashed a surprise drone offensive that hit Russian airfields across the country, taking out many heavy bombers and surveillance planes. The development comes after the White House on Tuesday confirmed that Mr Trump would attend the Nato summit this month, a meeting that is expected to be dominated by the war in Ukraine. The meetings will come shortly after Mr Trump is set to attend the Group of Seven leaders' summit in Canada, where allies are also expected to discuss ways to end the conflict. During a press briefing on Tuesday White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the President "remains positive at the progress" in the talks.
New York Times
21-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Peace in Ukraine Is Harder Than Trump Thought
President Trump once approached the challenge of ending Russia's war in Ukraine as a straight-ahead deal that he could achieve easily. But after months of trying, he's signaling that he might actually walk away. Michael Crowley, who covers U.S. foreign policy for The New York Times, discusses the recent phone call between Mr. Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, and what it tells us about how the conflict could end.
