Trump and Putin discuss Ukraine war and Iran in sixth known phone call, Kremlin says

Published on 03/07/2025 - 20:26 GMT+2

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Ukraine, Iran and different issues connected Thursday successful a "frank and constructive" telephone call, nan Kremlin said, successful their sixth publically disclosed talk since Trump returned to nan White House.

On the warfare successful Ukraine, Putin's overseas affairs advisor Yuri Ushakov said Trump emphasised his push for a speedy halt to nan fighting, and Putin voiced Moscow's readiness to prosecute talks pinch Kyiv, noting nan erstwhile rounds successful Turkey yielded humanitarian results.

At nan aforesaid time, nan Russian leader said Moscow will activity to execute its goals successful Ukraine and region nan "root causes" of nan conflict, Ushakov said.

"Russia will not backmost down from these goals," Ushakov told reporters aft nan call.

Putin has based on he sent troops into Ukraine successful February 2022 to fend disconnected a threat to Russia posed by Ukraine's push to subordinate NATO and protect Russian speakers successful Ukraine, arguments rejected by Kyiv and its allies.

He insisted that immoderate prospective bid woody must spot Ukraine wantonness its NATO bid and recognise Russia's territorial gains.

Thursday's telephone follows nan Pentagon's confirmation that it's pausing shipment of immoderate weapons to Ukraine arsenic it reviews US subject stockpiles.

The weapons being held up for Ukraine see aerial defence missiles, precision-guided artillery and different equipment.

The specifications connected nan weapons successful immoderate of nan paused deliveries were confirmed by a US charismatic and erstwhile nationalist information charismatic acquainted pinch nan matter.

They some requested anonymity to talk what is being held up arsenic nan Pentagon has yet to supply details.

Ushakov said a suspension of immoderate US weapons shipments to Ukraine wasn't discussed successful nan Trump-Putin call.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said successful Denmark aft gathering pinch awesome European Union backers that he whitethorn talk to Trump successful nan coming days astir nan suspension of weapons deliveries.

"I dream that possibly tomorrow, aliases adjacent days, these days, I will speak astir it pinch President Trump," he said.

Asked astir his expectations from nan Trump-Putin call, he said that "I'm not judge that they person a batch of communal ideas, communal topics to talk (about), because they are very different people."

The erstwhile publically known telephone betwixt Trump and Putin was connected 14 June, a time aft Israel attacked Iran.

The resumed contacts betwixt Trump and Putin appeared to bespeak some leaders' liking successful mending ties that person plummeted to their lowest constituent since nan Cold War amid nan conflict successful Ukraine.

Ushakov said Trump told Putin astir his $4.5 trillion (€3.8 trillion) tax breaks and spending cuts measure and nan Russian leader wished him occurrence successful pursuing his plans and besides congratulated nan US connected nan Independence Day holiday.

While discussing nan business astir Iran and successful nan broader Middle East, Putin emphasised nan request to resoluteness each differences "exclusively by governmental and negotiated means," said Ushakov.  

The leaders agreed that Russian and US officials will support contacts connected nan issue, he added.

The United States struck 3 atomic sites successful Iran connected 22 June, inserting itself into Israel's conflict aimed astatine destroying Tehran's atomic programme.

The Kremlin advisor noted nan leaders besides discussed developments successful Syria and expressed liking successful pursuing bilateral projects successful nan power assemblage and abstraction exploration, during what he described arsenic "frank, businesslike and actual conversation."

Ushakov added that Putin moreover suggested that nan US and Russia could speech movies promoting "traditional values shared by america and nan Trump administration."

On Tuesday, Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron held their first nonstop telephone telephone successful almost 3 years.