Trump-Zelenskyy call announcement, elimination of ex-Luhansk mayor - Thursday brief
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump will have a phone call. Meanwhile, former Luhansk mayor Manolis Pilavov was killed.
Read more about what happened on Thursday, July 3.
Zelenskyy to discuss Ukraine aid with Trump in upcoming call
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he will hold a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, which could take place tomorrow or in the coming days.
Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine is counting on continued US assistance because there are certain capabilities — above all, Patriot air-defense missiles — that European countries cannot provide.
Former Luhansk mayor taken out by Ukraine's Security Service, sources say
The elimination of the former mayor of the temporarily occupied city of Luhansk, Manolis Pilavov, was carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). He was killed by an explosion, the sources in the SBU told RBC-Ukraine.
The SBU noted that Pilavov headed the occupation administration of Luhansk from 2014 to 2023.
Russian drone strike hits recruitment center in Poltava, leaving dead and injured
Russian troops attacked the recruitment center in Poltava with Shahed drones. There are dead and wounded.
State Department: US hasn't halted all military aid to Ukraine
The US State Department assured that it had not stopped all arms supplies to Ukraine. The Pentagon's decision made the day before is just "one event in one situation."
Trump and Putin hold nearly hour-long call
US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held a phone call lasting nearly an hour. During the talks, Trump raised the possibility of a swift end to the hostilities between Ukraine and Russia.
The Kremlin leader said that Russia would not back down from its "goals of eliminating the causes of the conflict" with Ukraine.
