Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin was not ready for an “immediate peace” in Ukraine after an hour-long conversation on Wednesday during which the Russian president warned of retaliation for Kyiv’s drone attack on his country’s bomber fleet.
The US president said the call with Putin was “good”, covering both the fighting with Ukraine and ongoing negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme, but added that it was not a conversation that would lead to a breakthrough in peace talks with Kyiv.
“President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields,” Trump said on Truth Social after the call, which he said lasted for an hour and 15 minutes.