Putin: “Continue the negotiation process”
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 start of the Russian offensive.
The United States is the main provider of military aid to Ukraine and this decision may put kyiv in a difficult position at a time when Russian troops continue to move on the front.
On the move to Denmark Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Europeans to increase their support in the face of what is akin to American disengagement.
The exchange between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on Thursday, which lasted about an hour, was qualified before journalists as “franc” by the diplomatic advisor to the Kremlin, Iouri Ouchakov.
Russia “continues to seek a political and negotiated solution to the conflict” with Ukraine, the Russian president told his counterpart, according to Mr. Ouchakov.
Vladimir Putin “underlined the desire for the Russian party to continue the negotiation process” started in Istanbul, where two Russian-Ukrainian direct talks in the meager results recently took place.
