Trump-Zelensky call
A new beggining??
On Friday, July 4th, US President Donald Trump held a phone call with Ukrainian President, Volodymir Zelensky. He told his Ukrainian counterpart that the US wants to help with air defense, since Russia has been escalating its attacks.
On Friday, July 4th, US President Trump told Ukrainian President Zelensky about his intentions to help with air defenses. The call lasted about forty minutes, focusing on Ukraine’s air defense needs. Zelensky wrote on X that he spoke to Trump about “opportunities in air defense” and that they “agreed that they would work together to strengthen protection of our skies”. The Ukrainian President added that they agreed on “a meeting between their teams”. They also discussed joint defense production, as well as joint purchases and investments. However, the outcome is not clear.
Source: Entre Guerras
The Pentagon paused earlier this week a weapons shipment to Ukraine, which led to concern in the European country. Some of them were already in Poland, due a review of US military stockpiles that suggested that the country is running low on ammunition for its own troops. This included defense interceptors and ammunition. Russia has been escalating its attacks on Ukraine. This surprised the war-stricken country. It was mentioned that Trump was aware of the escalations at the frontlines and in cities. Kyiv and Moscow only resumed talks on May 16th and June 2nd, with the only results being prisoner exchanges. Ukraine had been asking Washington to sell it more Patriot missiles and systems that it sees as key to defending its cities from the intensifying Russian strikes. Recently, Germany said it is in talks of buying Patriot defense systems.
Source: Geopolítica Sin Censura en España y América Latina
Trump had spoken on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Ukraine, with no progress made. Putin told his US counterpart that he wouldn’t give up his objectives in Ukraine, which means solving “root causes”. This is a list of grievances which includes NATO’s expansion and Ukraine’s desire to join western economic and security blocs. After the call, Russia escalated its strikes in Ukraine, launching five hundred thirty nine of drones and eleven ballistic missiles. The strikes led to Ukrainian citizens to shelters across the country. The Russian attacks in Kyiv and other regions, injuring at least 23 civilians. They also sparked dozens of fires in the capital. Russia also attacked external power lines to Ukraine’s Russian occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, forcing it to rely on emergency diesel generators, according to the UN nuclear watchdog.
“I am very disappointed with the conversation I had with Putin because I don’t think he’s there. He’s not looking to stop. I wasn’t happy with the conversation”, Trump told reporters on Friday.
Trump also talked with German chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday, and discussed the situation in Ukraine. This included strengthening its air defense, as well as trade issues.
Trump and Zelensky agreed that teams from the US and Ukraine soon will meet to discuss air defense and other weapons supplies.
Source: Lord of War
Russia said on Friday that there was no diplomatic way out of the war in Ukraine. However, it said that it was “preferable” to achieve its goals through political and diplomatic means, but as long as they couldn’t do that, the war would continue. Zelensky called the Russian attack “deliberately massive and cynical”.
All will depend on the agreements that Trump and Zelensky might reach and on how the meeting between their teams result.
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Trump and Zelensky held a call in order to reach an agreement on the weapons shipments to Ukraine, after a halt. At the same time, Russia has been escalating its attacks on the invaded country. The call between Putin and Trump reached nowhere, with the Russian President refusing to give up his demands.
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