Ukraine Putin Reaffirms Ukraine War Objectives in Lengthy Call with Trump

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Putin Reaffirms Ukraine War Objectives in Lengthy Call with Trump

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told U.S. President Donald Trump that Moscow will not abandon its objectives in Ukraine, despite renewed appeals from Washington to bring the war to an end. The two leaders spoke by phone for nearly an hour, according to the Kremlin, marking their sixth publicly acknowledged conversation since Trump's return to the White House in January.

Trump: "I didn't make any progress with Putin today at all."

As we all suspected most tangible outcome of today's phone call was idea of exchanging films promoting traditional values.

Expect Trump will be sitting down for a private showing of Andrei Rublev later tonight. pic.twitter.com/c32CaZ59vO

— Margarita Simonyan (@M_Simonyan) July 3, 2025

 

Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov revealed to reporters that during the call, Mr. Trump “again raised the issue of an early end to military action” in Ukraine. In response, Putin made clear that “Russia will not back down” from its goals. Ushakov said the Russian president emphasized that these aims include “the elimination of the well-known root causes that led to the current state of affairs.”

 

The term “root causes” has long been used by Moscow as shorthand for its insistence that Ukraine’s movement toward NATO and the West posed an existential threat. Russian officials argue this justified the 2022 invasion. However, Ukraine and many of its European allies reject this as a pretext, accusing Russia of waging a neo-imperialist war to redraw Europe’s borders by force. Despite this, Mr. Trump has previously expressed understanding for aspects of Russia’s position, occasionally drawing criticism from NATO partners.

 

Despite reaffirming his hardline stance, Mr. Putin also indicated that Russia remains open to negotiations, Ushakov said. He conveyed to Trump that any prospective peace deal would have to include two key concessions from Ukraine: the abandonment of its NATO membership ambitions and formal recognition of the territories Russia has occupied since the war began.

 

Putin reportedly updated Trump on the latest agreements reached between Russia and Ukraine, including the recent prisoner and body exchanges that took place last month. While seen as minor confidence-building measures, these exchanges have not yet paved the way for broader political reconciliation.

 

No timeline was discussed during the call regarding the anticipated third round of peace talks in Istanbul. Furthermore, there was no mention of the Biden administration’s recent decision to suspend deliveries of key weapons systems to Ukraine, including advanced air defense missiles and precision-guided artillery rounds. Two sources familiar with that situation say the U.S. military is reassessing its own stockpile levels amid growing concerns about readiness.

 

According to Russian state news agency Tass, Putin also used the occasion to congratulate Trump on the American national holiday and went further by asserting that Russia contributed to the formation of the United States. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov recounted the exchange, stating, “It was noted from our side that Russia played an important role in the formation of American statehood including during the War of Independence 250 years ago, and then during the Civil War, which ended 160 years ago.”

 

Speaking later to reporters at Joint Base Andrews, President Trump offered a brief summary of the conversation. “I didn’t make any progress with [Putin] today,” he said, offering a blunt assessment of his latest diplomatic overture.

 

The call comes at a tense moment in the nearly three-year-long war. With Ukraine continuing to press for more Western support and Russia showing no sign of withdrawing its forces, the prospects for a negotiated peace remain uncertain. The White House has not issued a detailed readout of the call, though a spokesperson confirmed it took place and characterized it as “a candid exchange.”

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Sky News  2025-07-05

 

 

[rudi49jr]

How long has Trump been president now? Like 5-6 months? So much for his promise to end the Ukraine war on day 1 of his presidency. And just to show how useless Trump really is, Russia launched a massive drone strike on Kyiv just minutes after his lengthy talk with Putin. Must have been Putin’s way to tell Trump to go back to the kiddie corner, where he belongs.

[Srikcir]

10 hours ago, Social Media said:

including the recent prisoner and body exchanges that took place last month.

But excluding mention of Russian execution of Ukraine's POWs, attacks directly against Ukrainian civilians and kidnapping of Ukraine children.

[Jingthing]

2 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

How long has Trump been president now? Like 5-6 months? So much for his promise to end the Ukraine war on day 1 of his presidency. And just to show how useless Trump really is, Russia launched a massive drone strike on Kyiv just minutes after his lengthy talk with Putin. Must have been Putin’s way to tell Trump to go back to the kiddie corner, where he belongs.

To be clear the lying sleazeball Putin loving president promised to end the conflict on day one after being elected while not even being president yet!