Kremlin responds to Trump's frustration with Putin after talks
Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States, and Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia (collage by RBC-Ukraine)
Russia "carefully" considers all statements made by US President Donald Trump and remains interested in achieving its war objectives through "political and diplomatic" means, according to Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, as quoted by Interfax.
Commenting on the claim that Trump is disappointed in Putin over his refusal to halt the full-scale war against Ukraine, Peskov said that Russia is taking the American leader's statements "carefully."
According to the spokesman, during the Putin–Trump conversation, the Kremlin chief stated that Russia "is interested in achieving our objectives in the course of the special operation (war - ed.) and preferably doing so by political and diplomatic means."
"But until that becomes possible, we will continue our special operation (war - ed.). The president also informed his American colleague that we are now awaiting the confirmation of dates for the third round of direct talks," he added.
Trump-Putin conversation
On July 3, Putin announced a planned conversation with Trump. More details about their talks can be found in RBC-Ukraine's report.
Later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that the Russian president and the US president are completely different individuals, with few common topics for discussion.
A previous conversation between Trump and Putin took place on June 4. During that call, Putin reportedly complained to the American leader about the Spiderweb operation, successfully carried out by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU).
