Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, has assured Donald Trump that Moscow will continue to work toward eradicating the “root causes” of the Ukrainian conflict.
Russian President Yuri Ushakov said to reporters, “Russia will not back down,” despite the fact that Putin had also indicated in his one-hour phone call with Trump that he was “ready to seek a political and negotiated solution to the conflict.”
The Kremlin’s claim that it was forced to invade Ukraine in full-fledged form in 2022 to stop it from joining NATO and being used by the West as a launchpad to attack Russia is shorthand, supported in part by Trump, is known as “root causes,” but rejected by Kyiv and its allies.
The Pentagon reaffirmed that some deliveries of weapons to Kyiv, including precision-guided artillery and air defense missiles, would be stopped, prompting them to make the sixth phone call since Trump began his second term in January. Under President Joe Biden’s leadership, they were promised. Russia’s increased attacks on Ukraine have prompted the announcement.
According to the Kremlin aide, Trump and Putin did not discuss the halted weapons deliveries, saying that the US president had raised the issue of putting an end to the war quickly.
The two leaders agreed to continue speaking even though it was not discussed.
Trump has attempted to mediate the conflict in Ukraine, but he hasn’t made much progress. There was nothing in the Kremlin readout that suggested any change in Putin’s position, despite the fact that he has so far rejected Washington’s request for an unconditional ceasefire. The proposal was approved by Ukraine.
Ushakov argued that any peace negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv needed to take place even though Russia was ready to talk to the US.
In response to some indications that Moscow is attempting to avoid holding any peace negotiations in a trilateral format, he made the comment. Russian negotiators allegedly demanded US diplomats leave the room during an early-June meeting in Istanbul, according to Ukrainian officials.
The last time Putin and Trump spoke on were in mid-June, when Putin offered to serve as the media for the recent 12-day Iran-Israel conflict. Trump responded to Putin’s request by shifting Ukraine’s attention, saying, “No, I don’t need assistance with Iran.” I need assistance with you.
According to Ushakov, Putin stressed the need to resolve all “dissartions, and conflict situations” involving Iran during Thursday’s call.
Last month, the US launched a three-site bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities, which Moscow deemed to be unprovoked and illegal.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, met with leaders of the European Union in Denmark earlier on Thursday, stressing the need to “strengthen our cooperation and coordination through the EU, NATO, and also in our direct relations.”
Trump has in essence resisted Ukraine’s attempts to join NATO militarily.
