U.S. President Donald Trump stated Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a cellphone name, firmly said he would retaliate for Ukraine’s weekend drone strike on Russian airfields.
The U.S. president stated in a social media put up that “It was an excellent dialog, however not a dialog that may result in instant Peace.”
The name that lasted for an hour and quarter-hour was Trump’s first recognized name with Putin since May 19.
Trump stated he and Putin additionally mentioned Iran’s nuclear program.
Moscow stated earlier on Wednesday that army choices have been “on the table” for its response to Ukrainian assaults deep inside Russia and accused the West of being concerned in them.
Russia additionally urged the U.S. and Britain to restrain Kyiv after the assaults, which Ukrainian officers have lauded as displaying Kyiv can nonetheless struggle again after greater than three years of conflict.
British and U.S. officers have stated they’d no prior information of the weekend assaults on Russian nuclear-capable long-range bombers.
In his social media put up, Trump stated he and Putin additionally mentioned Iran. Putin prompt he would take part in talks aimed toward reaching a brand new nuclear take care of Tehran, Trump stated.
“I stated to President Putin that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and, on this, I believe that we were in agreement,” Trump stated. He accused Iran of “slowwalking” choices relating to the talks.
Source: www.dailysabah.com