WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said he made no progress with Vladimir Putin on ending the Ukraine war in a call Thursday, as the Kremlin insisted the Russian president would stick to his aims in the conflict.
“It was a pretty long call, we talked about a lot of things including Iran, and we also talked about, as you know, the war with Ukraine. And I’m not happy about that,“ Trump told reporters.
Trump’s view of the call was unusually bleak. After most of his previous five calls with Putin since returning to power in January he has given optimistic reports of progress towards a deal.
In Moscow, the Kremlin said the call lasted almost an hour and said that Putin had insisted he would not give up on Russia’s goals.
“Russia will not give up on these aims.”
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Even so, Putin told Trump that Moscow would continue to take part in negotiations.
Moscow has for months refused to agree to a US-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine.
The Kremlin said that Putin had also “stressed” to Trump that all conflicts in the Middle East should be solved “diplomatically”, after the US struck nuclear sites in Russia’s ally Iran.
Kyiv said that Russian strikes on Thursday killed at least eight people in Ukraine.
Zelensky told EU allies in Denmark that doubts over US military aid reinforced the need for greater cooperation with Brussels and NATO.
A senior Ukrainian official told AFP that Trump and Zelensky planned to speak to each other on Friday.
“Continued American support for Ukraine, for our defence, for our people is in our common interest,“ Zelensky had said on Wednesday.
Russia has consistently called for Western countries to stop sending weapons to Kyiv. - AFP
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