Trump ‘disappointed' with Putin after phone call
The pair spoke for less than an hour on Thursday — a short conversation by their standards — as Mr Trump faces mounting pressure to push Putin to end the war.
'I'm very disappointed with the conversation I had today with President Putin, because I don't think he's there,' he told reporters. 'I'm just saying I don't think he's looking to stop, and that's too bad.'
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov claimed Putin and Mr Trump were 'on the same page'. The US president disagreed: 'I didn't make any progress with him at all.'
Hours later, a Russian drone strike hit an apartment block in northern Kyiv, while explosions and gunfire were reported in the centre as air defences engaged more drones overhead. Russia fired 550 drones and missiles across the country overnight, another record attack.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, said in Denmark he hoped to speak to Mr Trump today about America's weapons pause.
Mr Trump said the US had not halted deliveries entirely, telling reporters: 'We're giving weapons, but we've given so many weapons.'
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