No immediate peace for Ukraine, warns Trump

President Donald Trump yesterday said Vladimir Putin has informed him that his forces will respond to Ukraine's brazen and devastating attack on Russian airfields by a fleet of small suicide drones over the weekend.

- ANDREW FEINBERG

In a Truth Social post, Mr Trump said he had spoken with the Russian leader for an hour and 15 minutes and described the call as "a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace".

"We discussed the attack on Russia's docked aeroplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides ... President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields," Trump said.

The president also stated that he and Mr Putin had discussed ongoing nuclear deal negotiations between the US and Iran, and said "time is running out" for Tehran to come to an agreement "which must be made quickly", and revealed that he believes that Mr Putin agrees with his stance on the Iranian nuclear weapons program.

Mr Trump added that Mr Putin "suggested that he will participate in the discussions with Iran and that he could, perhaps, be helpful in getting this brought to a rapid conclusion".