Trump Says Didn’t Make Any Progress With Putin On Ukraine

Washington: US President Donald Trump insisted on the Kremlin’s objectives of the Russian president in the conflict on Thursday in a call, Vladimir Putin said he did not make progress in ending the Ukraine War.

Trump’s brutal assessment came after the US -led peace talks, where a three -year -old conflict in Ukraine stopped and paused some of Washington’s arms to Kiev.

“We talked about many things, including Iran, and as you know, we talked to Ukraine about the war.” Trump said.

“No, I have never made progress with him.”

Trump’s perspective on the call was unusual. After returning to power in January, he gave optimistic progress reports on an agreement after most of his previous five calls with Putin.

However, after an early pivot towards the Russian leader, he was disappointed with Putin. In recent weeks, Putin took back his proposal to the Iran-Israeli conflict and told him to focus on the Ukrainian War.

In Moscow, the Kremlin said that his call lasted almost an hour and insisted that Putin would not give up Russia’s goals.

Kremlin Aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters, “Our president will reach the goals determined by Russia, that is, the elimination of the root causes leading to existing situations,” he said. He said.

“Russia will not give up these goals.”

Moscow for a long time in Ukraine’s maximalist goals of the conflict “root causes” to get rid of Kiev’s NATO ambitions to give up.

Zelensky in Denmark

Moscow’s war in Ukraine has killed hundreds of thousands of people since it was occupied in February 2022, and Russia is now controlling the major areas of East and South Ukraine.

Nevertheless, Putin told Trump that Moscow would continue to attend negotiations.

“He also mentioned the preparation of the Russian side to continue the negotiation process.” “Vladimir Putin said we continue to look for a political, negotiated solution to the conflict.”

Moscow refused to accept a ceasefire proposed by the US in Ukraine for months.

Kyiv and Western allies accused Putin of dragging the process while forcing Russia’s progress in Ukraine.

Kremlin said that Putin emphasized “Trump,” Trump, which all conflicts in the Middle East should be “diplomatic” in the Middle East after hitting the nuclear areas in Russia’s ally Iran.

The speech arrived days later after I announced a blow to Kiev, who was dependent on Washington’s Western military support, and the decision to pause some arms shipments.

Kyiv said that on Thursday, Russian strikes killed at least eight people in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Ally Denmark on Thursday to meet the leading European Union officials.

Zelensky said to the EU allies in Denmark, strengthening the need for more cooperation with Brussels and NATO.

He also stressed that Kiev always supports Trump’s “unconditional ceasefire”.

A senior Ukrainian official told AFP that Trump and Zelensky plans to talk to each other on Friday.

On Wednesday, Kyiv clarified the results of the White House and the White House and Pentagon’s announcements on pause some weapons shipments.

Zelensky said in a statement on Wednesday, “American support to Ukraine, for our defense, we have common interest for our people.” He said.

Russia constantly called on Western countries to stop sending weapons to Kiev.