- Kremlin aide adds Russia will address conflict root causes
- Trump Putin call followed by Russian attacks on Kyiv eastern Ukraine
- Ukraine Zelensky hopes for Friday call with US president.
U,S. President Donald Trump added early on Friday he came away disappointed from telephone call with Russian President Viladimir Putin because it does not look the latter is looking to stop Russia war against Ukraine.
U.S. attempts to end Russian war in Ukraine through diplomacy have stalled and Trump has faced growing calls consisting from Republicans to increase pressure on Putin to negotiate in earnest.
Ukrainiian leaders called in acting US envoy to Kyiv on Wednesday to underline the importance of army aid fro Washington and caution that pause in its weapons shipments would weaken Ukraine ability to defend itself against Russia.
The Pentagon move has meant a decrease in deliveries of the Patriot defense missile that Ukraine relies on to destry fast moving missiles.
Ushakov the Kremlinaide added that While Russia was open to continuing to add with US and peace negotiations needed to happen between Kyiv and Moscow.
That comment comes and some signs that Moscow is adding to avoid a three way format to possible peace talks.
The Russian asked American diplomats to leave the room during such meeting in Istanbul in early June.
Ukrainina officials have added Trump and Putins did not talk about face to face meeting Ushakov added.
‘After adding to Putin on Thursday Trump plans to added to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday he said in remakrs to reporters on return to Washingto from trip to lowa.
” Im very disappointed with conversation i had today with President Putin because i do not think he is thereand im very disappointed” Trump added.
Within hours of theri concluding the call Russian drone attack sparked a fire in apartment building in a northern suburb of Kyiv Ukrainian officials added indicating little change in trajectory of conflict.
In Kyiv itself Reuters witnesses reported explosions and sustaine heavy machine gun fire as air defense untis fight drones over capital while Russian shelling killed five people in east.
“I did not make any progress with him at all” Trum told media
Zelensky told media in Denmark earlier in day that he hopes to speak to Trump as soon as Friday about pause in few weapons shipments first disclosed this week.
Speaking to reporters as he left Washington for lowa Trump said
“we have not completely paused the flow of weapons but blamed his predecessor Joe Biden for sending so many weapons that it risked weakening US defenses.
“We are giving weapons but we are given so many weapons”
“And we are working with them and trying to help them but we have not . You Know Biden emptied out our whole country giving them weapons and we have to make sure that we have enough for ourselves”
The diplomatic back and forth comes as low stockpiles have prompted the US to paused shipments critical weapons to Ukraine told media. faces a Russian summer attack and growing attacks on civilian targets.
,Putin for his part has continued to assert he wil stop his invasion only if conflicts root cause have been tackled make use of Russian shorthand for issue of Nato enlargement and Western support for Ukrain consistion of rejection of notion of Ukraine joining the Nato Alliance.
Russian leaders are angling to establish greater control over political decision made in Kyiv ans other Eastern European capitals.
Nato said.
The pause in US weapons shipment caught ukraine off guard and has generated confusion about Trump views on conflict after saying last week he would attempt to free up a Patriot missile defense system to us Kyiv.