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Trump speaks with Putin and Zelenskyy as war in Ukraine rages on
CBS News • • world
Key Points:
- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy each held separate phone calls with U.S. President Donald Trump, who emphasized the need to end hostilities in Ukraine ahead of the G7 summit.
- Putin and Trump discussed Ukraine and Iran, with Trump expressing readiness to influence European allies and Kyiv toward peace, while Putin insisted that attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure would not alter Ukraine's battlefield stance.
- Zelenskyy described his call with Trump as "wonderful," thanking him for U.S. support and noting improvements along Ukraine's eastern front, with plans to discuss peace further at the G7 summit.
- Ukrainian drone attacks recently struck civilian and fuel facilities in Russia, including regions far from the border, as Kyiv intensifies strikes on Russian oil and gas infrastructure to weaken Moscow’s war funding.
- The UK detained a Russian-sanctioned tanker, Smyrtos, suspected of evading sanctions as part of Russia's "shadow fleet," marking a coordinated UK-French operation aimed at disrupting Russian efforts to bypass sanctions.
