US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had a “good conversation” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a call about Ukraine’s recent drone attack and Iran.
Following Ukraine’s major drone attack deep inside Russia, Trump reported that Putin told him Russia “will have to respond”.
Trump also warned in a social media post that the phone call, which lasted more than an hour, would not “lead to immediate Peace”.
The two leaders also discussed Iran, and Putin suggested he could help with nuclear talks with the country.
The conversation between the two leaders marks the first since Ukraine launched an audacious attack striking Russian air bases on 1 June, targeting nuclear-capable long-range bombers.
In his post, Trump said that Putin told him – “very strongly” – that he “will have to respond to recent attacks on the airfields.”
Last week, Trump appeared to set a two-week deadline for Putin, threatening to change how the US is responding to Russia if he believed Putin was still “tapping” him along on peace efforts in Ukraine.
The comment was one of a string of public critical remarks by Trump, who earlier had said that Putin had gone “absolutely crazy” and is “playing with fire” when Russia intensified drone and missile attacks on targets in Ukraine.
Trump made no mention of a deadline or his previous remarks in Wednesday’s post on his Truth Social platform.
