Drone attacks by Ukraine disrupted resumption of peace talks: Putin tells Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin informed US President Donald Trump that Ukrainian drone attacks disrupted planned peace negotiations. Meanwhile, the two leaders discussed potential Russian fuel supplies to global markets ahead of US midterm elections.
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The report highlights the volatile state of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the intersection of geopolitical diplomacy with domestic US economic policy.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump on Friday that Ukraine had jeopardised the immediate resumption of trilateral peace talks by carrying out drone attacks on Moscow during last month’s parliamentary elections, the Kremlin said.Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said Putin told Trump that Moscow had been prepared to resume negotiations with Kyiv after the elections, but the alleged attacks had disrupted those plans.“By launching a massive drone attack on Moscow, other cities and polling stations, as well as on specific individuals involved in organising the election, on the main voting day, the Kyiv regime effectively disrupted the possibility of an immediate resumption of the negotiation process,” Ushakov said while briefing reporters on the phone call.“And now, as the president said, we will consider when those negotiations can be resumed,” he added, referring…
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