In a rare admission of impotence, Donald Trump admitted this Thursday, July 4, without having made “any progress” destined to end the war in Ukraine, during a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
“No, I did not progress” during this conversation, US President told the press, adding that “I was not happy” of the current war between the two countries. The Russian president had just told him that Russia “will not give up his goals” in Ukraine, while saying they are open to the search for negotiations with kyiv.
It was the sixth discussion between the two leaders since Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January.
Zelensky asks Europeans to increase their support
She intervened the day after Washington’s announcement of a break in the delivery of certain weapons to Ukraine, more than three and a half years after the beginning of the Russian offensive.
The United States is the main provider of military aid to Ukraine and this decision can put kyiv in a difficult position at a time when Russian troops continue to move in front.
In move to Denmark on Thursday, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, asked Europeans to increase their support against what is similar to US disconnection.
The exchange between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on Thursday, which lasted about an hour, was qualified before journalists as “Franco” by the Kremlin diplomatic advisor, Iuri Ochakov.
Russia “continues to seek a political and negotiated solution to the conflict” with Ukraine, the Russian president told his counterpart, according to Iuri Ochakov.
Vladimir Putin “underlined the desire for the Russian party to continue the negotiation process” began in Istanbul, where they recently had two Russian-Ukrainian conversations in the few results.
But “Russia will not give up these objectives,” Illi Ochakov insisted.
Iran and Syria also in the discussion menu
Moscow states in particular Ukraine that it grants four partially occupied regions, in addition to Crimea attached in 2014, and renounces NATO enter NATO. Unacceptable conditions for Kyiv.
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump also mentioned conflicts in the Middle East, including the recent war between Iran and Israel and Syria, the Russian head of state had defended a regulation “exclusively by political and diplomatic means”, according to Iuri Ouchakov.
Donald Trump operated an unexpected connection with Moscow, assuming contact with Vladimir Putin and sometimes he took responsibility for the current situation to Ukraine.
Donald Trump had recently said that he was frustrated by the lack of progress to find an exit to this conflict that he had promised to establish himself quickly.
On Tuesday, it was the French president Emmanuel Macron who spoke by phone with Vladimir Putin, for the first time since 2022, against the policy aimed at isolating the Kremlin master defended by the Europeans.
kyiv and his western allies have been asking for a fire for months in Ukraine for months, what Moscow rejects who believes that a break in the fighting would give the Ukrainians the opportunity to replace thanks to western deliveries.
Kyiv “Doubts” about the continuation of the US support “
Volodymyr Zelensky, who had previously called Donald Trump to “change his tone” with Russia and impose new sanctions on him, said Thursday that “” curled up “doubts in the continuation of the US support to Europe.”
Therefore, he urged to “strengthen our cooperation and coordination within the EU and NATO”, two organizations to which Ukraine aims to join.
In this context, the Ukrainian head of state said he hoped to talk to Donald Trump “tomorrow or in the next few days.” The two leaders had gathered outside the NATO summit in The Hague last week.
On the ground, bombings and struggles continued on Thursday.
Eight people were killed and a dozen other wounds in several Russian strikes, especially in the city of Poltava, where a recruitment center of the army was affected, and in Odessa, they announced a large port in the Black Sea, Ukrainian officials.
On the Russian side, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the strikes of the Ukrainian drones left one dead and two injured in the Lipetsk region, about 400 km southeast of Moscow, according to local authorities.
The Russian army, which occupies around 20% of the Ukrainian territory, said the capture of Milvé, a border town in the Ukrainian region of Jharkiv (Northeast). This advance opens a new angle of attack in this area that has not experienced movements for many months.
Source: BFM TV
