Trump claims Putin advised him Russia will ‘strongly reply’ to Ukraine’s drone assault


Donald Trump mentioned in a social media submit that it was a very good dialog, however not a dialog that may result in fast peace. The decision that lasted for an hour and quarter-hour was Trump’s first recognized with Putin since Might 19.

Washington:

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday mentioned he and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the telephone for greater than an hour, throughout which the Russian President made it very clear that Moscow will reply to the daring drone assault launched by Ukraine deep inside Russia.

Trump speaks to Putin on telephone 

“Putin mentioned very strongly that he should reply to Ukraine’s drone assault,” President Trump mentioned after the telephone name along with his Russian counterpart.

The US president mentioned in a social media submit that “It was a very good dialog, however not a dialog that may result in fast peace.” The decision that lasted for an hour and quarter-hour was Trump’s first recognized with Putin since Might 19. Trump mentioned he and Putin additionally mentioned Iran’s nuclear programme.

Ukraine destroys 41 Russian Air Power jets

It needs to be famous that Ukraine on Sunday carried out an audacious drone assault in navy historical past, concentrating on and destroying Russian Air Power jets parked at strategic air bases deep inside Russian territory. The assault has left dozens of Russia’s strategic bombers, transport plane, and airborne warning plane decimated.

Russia, Ukraine delegations maintain peace talks in Turkey

Within the meantime, the delegations from Russia and Ukraine ended their newest peace talks on Monday in Turkey after simply over an hour, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian state media mentioned.

Talking in Vilnius, Lithuania, Zelenskyy mentioned either side “exchanged paperwork via the Turkish aspect, and we’re getting ready a brand new launch of prisoners of the warfare”.

The 2 sides additionally agreed to swap 6,000 our bodies of troopers killed in motion. Expectations have been low for any breakthrough on ending the 3-year-old warfare after a string of gorgeous assaults over the weekend.

Kyiv officers mentioned a shock drone assault Sunday broken or destroyed greater than 40 warplanes at air bases deep inside Russia, together with the distant Arctic, Siberian and Far East areas greater than 7,000 kilometres from Ukraine.

The complicated and unprecedented raid, which struck concurrently in three time zones, took over a yr and a half to arrange and was “a serious slap within the face for Russia’s navy energy,” mentioned Vasyl Maliuk, the pinnacle of the Ukrainian safety service who led its planning.