Putin says he won’t back down from Ukraine goals in hour-long call with Trump • FRANCE 24 English

Following a one-hour long phone call with US President Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin shows no sign of softening his stance on the war in Ukraine. Donald Trump once again raised the issue of a speedy end to military action. Vladimir Putin, for his part, noted that we continue to seek a political negotiated solution to the conflict. Our president also said that Russia will achieve its goals of eliminating the well-known root causes that led to the current state of affairs. to the current acute confrontation and Russia will not retreat from these goals. For Putin, those root causes remain unchanged. NATO’s expansion and ongoing Western support for Ukraine. Still, the Russian leader did signal a willingness to resume stalled peace negotiations, a gesture seemingly aimed at reassuring Trump amid reports that Moscow is resisting a three-way format for future talks. Speaking after the call, the US president expressed his disappointment. He also talked about uh as you know the war with Ukraine and uh I’m not happy about that. I’m not happy with him on on a deal with Ukraine. You feel like you made any progress? No, I didn’t make any progress with him today at all. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Rome Zalinski is hoping to speak to his US counterpart as well. Just two days after the US said it would suspend shipments of key missile and ammunitions to Kev, Zilinski is appealing to European allies to fill the gaps. Now when there are doubts about continued US support for Europe, it’s even more important to strengthen our cooperation and coordination through the EU NATO. So I hope that maybe tomorrow or in close days these days I will speak about it with the president Trump. The US decision hits some of Ukraine’s most critical air defense systems including Patriot missiles and shorter range stingers. Washington is concerned about its own stockpiles running low. But for Kev the consequences could be immediate and potentially dire. Many of the weapons can’t be sourced elsewhere. It comes as Russia intensifies its push on the front lines, putting Ukraine’s overstretched defenses under even more pressure.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told his US counterpart Donald Trump that Moscow would not give up on its war aims in Ukraine during a lengthy phone call – their sixth publicly disclosed chat this year – that also touched on Iran and the Middle East.
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19 comments

  5. To show good toward the US, Putin agrees to consider selling some beach front properties to the Trump organization for pennies.

  7. Are we pretending Trump even tried?
    He just wants to get to a point where he can give up and walk away. He doesn't care.

  8. Prof Jeffrey Sachs and the late Russian historian Stephen F. Cohen explains everything in layman terms. How many have to die, end the endless wars.

  11. Putin spent this one hour phone call begging for fewer sanctions and US investment to save Putins failing Russian economy and to fuel his war machine before he has to admit that he bit off more than he could chew and his "special miltary operation" is a complete failure. Trump spent the one hour phone call patting Putin on the back while saying it's ok son, daddy's here. SLAVA UKRAINE!!!

  17. Trump speaks to his friend #Putler on the phone, a few hours later RuZZia launches its largest ever attack of the war, zero military targets hit all CIVILIAN targets.

    Trump is lying. America is an UNRELIABLE partner.

    EU and UK need to step up, help Ukraine before it is too late.

  19. Russia is not some country that it can be tossed and pushed around by anyone on this planet. It is a military super power, in case France24 forgot, we have history to share in our archives.

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