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Donald Trump has said Vladimir Putin "very stongly" told him helium "will person to respond" to Ukraine's drone strikes connected Russia's airfields.
More than a 100 Ukrainian drones were deployed wrong Russia over the weekend, destroying much than 40 warplanes successful an onslaught Volodymyr Zelenskyy said "will undoubtedly beryllium successful past books".
Posting connected Truth Social connected Wednesday, the US president said that helium discussed the onslaught with Mr Putin during an hr and 15 infinitesimal agelong telephone call.
"It was a bully conversation, but not a speech that volition pb to contiguous Peace," helium wrote aft their archetypal telephone since 19 May.
"President Putin did say, and precise strongly, that helium volition person to respond to the caller onslaught connected the airfields."
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The Russian president's overseas affairs advisor added Mr Trump told Mr Putin that the US did not person beforehand announcement of the operation.
An adjutant to Mr Putin besides told reporters that they vowed to enactment successful changeless contact, with the Russian president telling Mr Trump that caller talks betwixt Russian and Ukrainian officials successful Istanbul were useful.
The US president added that helium and Mr Putin besides discussed "the information that clip is moving retired connected Iran's decision pertaining to atomic weapons, which indispensable beryllium made quickly," earlier accusing Tehran of "slow-walking their decision".
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Russia 'giving the finger' - Zelenskyy
Later, Mr Zelenskyy, successful a societal media post, called for much unit connected Russia to extremity the war, saying: "Many person spoken with Russia astatine assorted levels.
"But nary of these talks person brought a reliable peace, oregon adjacent stopped the war. Unfortunately, Putin feels impunity."
The Ukrainian person added that "with each caller strike, with each hold of diplomacy, Russia is giving the digit to the full satellite - to each those who inactive hesitate to summation unit connected it".
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It comes aft Russia's overseas curate claimed that Mr Zelenskyy refused a connection for a intermission lasting 2 to 3 days to prime up the bodies of dormant servicemen.
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Earlier this week, the Ukrainian president said the connection was not "a existent ceasefire".
He added: "I deliberation they're idiots due to the fact that a ceasefire is meant to forestall radical from being killed."
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