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Trump says no progress on Iran, Ukraine in phone call with Putin

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Russian servicemen use a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher to fire towards Ukrainian positions in the Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) sector of the frontline, July 2, 2025. /VCG
Russian servicemen use a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher to fire towards Ukrainian positions in the Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) sector of the frontline, July 2, 2025. /VCG

Russian servicemen use a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher to fire towards Ukrainian positions in the Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) sector of the frontline, July 2, 2025. /VCG

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he did not make any progress during his phone call earlier on Thursday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over Iran and the Ukraine conflict.

"No, I didn't make any progress with him today at all," Trump told reporters. "I'm not happy about that."

"We had a call. It was a pretty long call. We talked about a lot of things, including Iran, and we also talked about, as you know, the war with Ukraine," said Trump.

During the phone call, which lasted about an hour, Putin said that Moscow would achieve its goals in the conflict with Ukraine, including the elimination of its root causes, according to Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov.

"Our president said that Russia will achieve its goals, namely to eliminate the well-known root causes that led to the current state of affairs, to the current harsh confrontation. And Russia will not give up on these goals," Ushakov said.

Putin's aide said that Russia is ready for the third round of talks with Ukraine, adding that Putin and Trump did not discuss the specifics of what would be discussed during the possible negotiations.

Putin and Trump confirmed their mutual interest in implementing a series of economic projects between Russia and the United States, including in energy and space, Ushakov said.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency
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