Trump says he's ‘very disappointed' with Putin conversation: ‘I don't think he's there'
'I'm very disappointed with the conversation I had today with President Putin, because I don't think he's there. I'm just saying, I don't think he's looking to stop, and that's too bad,' Trump told reporters late Thursday night after landing back in Washington after his rally in Des Moines, Iowa.
Trump also told reporters he plans to speak to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.
Earlier Thursday, Trump said he made 'no progress' during his call with Putin in brokering a potential ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
'We had a call. It was a pretty long call. Talked about a lot of things, including Iran. And we also talked about, as you know, the war with Ukraine, and I'm not happy about that,' Trump said in the gaggle with journalists.
'I didn't make any progress with him today at all,' the president stated.
Trump's call with Putin on Thursday morning was their first conversation since the Defense Department paused the delivery of some air defense missiles and munitions to Ukraine after concerns that military stockpiles are running low.
When asked about the halt, the president downplayed its impact.
'We're giving weapons … and we're working with them and trying to help them. But we have — you know, [former President] Biden emptied out our whole country giving them weapons. And we have to make sure we have enough for ourselves,' Trump said.
Trump pushed the Russian president to end Moscow's war in Ukraine, but Putin dismissed the effort, according to the Kremlin's readout of the call.
Putin told Trump that Russia would not divert from its military goals in Ukraine, according to Yuri Ushakov, Putin's close aide.
Ushakov said the two leaders did not talk about the Pentagon's pause of weapons shipments to Ukraine and that Putin expressed willingness to continue negotiations with Kyiv.
Trump has long said he wants to broker a peace deal in Eastern Europe and help end the largest land war in Europe since World War II, but the president has had a hard time getting there.
Russia late Thursday ramped up its attack on Ukraine, launching an overnight assault with more than 540 drones on Kyiv and other cities, according to Ukraine's air force.
'Notably, the first air raid alerts in our cities and regions yesterday began to blare almost simultaneously with media reports discussing a phone call between President Trump and Putin. Yet again, Russia is showing it has no intention of ending the war and terror,' Zelensky wrote in a Friday morning post on the social platform X.
Russia's defense ministry said it had intercepted 48 of Ukraine's drones.
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