President Trump said he spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin following Ukraine’s attack on Russia’s docked airplanes. “I just finished speaking, by telephone, with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia. The call lasted approximately one hour and 15 minutes. We discussed the attack on Russia’s docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides,” Trump said. “It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace. President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields,” he added. Full post: Text: I just finished speaking, by telephone, with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia. The call lasted approximately one hour and 15 minutes. We discussed the attack on Russia’s docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides. It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace. President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields. We also discussed Iran, and the fact that time is running out on Iran’s decision pertaining to nuclear weapons, which must be made quickly! I stated to President Putin that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and, on this, I believe that we were in agreement. President Putin suggested that he will participate in the discussions with Iran and that he could, perhaps, be helpful in getting this brought to a rapid conclusion. It is my opinion that Iran has been slowwalking their decision on this very important matter, and we will need a definitive answer in a very short period of time! Per CNN: Russian and Ukrainian officials met earlier this week in Istanbul for direct talks on ending the war, but both sides emerged without budging from their positions. Trump has taken credit for bringing the two sides together for face-to-face discussions. Neither Trump nor the White House have publicly reacted to the weekend drone attacks beyond saying saying Ukrainian officials hadn’t informed them of the planned assault ahead of time. Previously, Trump had lashed out at Putin after Russian aerial assaults on Ukrainian cities. New footage released Wednesday showed in stunning detail the surgical precession with which the Ukrainians struck their targets, damaging or destroying military aircraft that Moscow has been using to terrorize Ukrainian civilians with near daily aerial attacks. The video, released by the SBU, Ukraine’s security agency, shows drones approaching dozens of planes of different types across several airfields as aircraft burn and explode around them. Ukrainian military officials said 41 Russian aircraft were hit, including strategic bombers and surveillance planes, with some destroyed and others damaged. “There is no way the CIA didn’t know about these multiple Ukraine operations within Russia And the WH says they were not aware Are elements of the US intelligence community working to undermine our President’s peace agenda?” Jack Posobiec wrote. There is no way the CIA didn’t know about these multiple Ukraine operations within Russia And the WH says they were not aware Are elements of the US intelligence community working to undermine our President’s peace agenda? — Jack Poso (@JackPosobiec) June 4, 2025 “The most important thing happening in the world right now isn’t tariffs or the BBB. It’s the quickly-escalating war between Ukraine and Russia. Most people aren’t paying attention, but we’re closer to nuclear war than we’ve been since this began in 2022. Pray for peace,” Charlie Kirk said. The most important thing happening in the world right now isn't tariffs or the BBB. It's the quickly-escalating war between Ukraine and Russia. Most people aren't paying attention, but we're closer to nuclear war than we've been since this began in 2022. Pray for peace. — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) June 3, 2025 From the Associated Press: The Ukrainian leader earlier Wednesday dismissed Russia’s ceasefire plan as “an ultimatum” and renewed his call for direct talks with Putin to break the stalemate over the war, which has dragged on for nearly 3½ years. Putin, however, showed no willingness to meet with Zelenskyy, expressing anger Wednesday about what he said were Ukraine’s recent “terrorist acts” on Russian rail lines in the Kursk and Bryansk regions on the countries’ border. “How can any such (summit) meetings be conducted in such circumstances? What shall we talk about?” Putin asked in a video call with top Russian officials. He accused Ukraine of seeking a truce only to replenish its stockpiles of Western arms, recruit more soldiers and prepare new attacks like those in Kursk and Bryansk. Both sides exchanged memorandums setting out their conditions for a ceasefire for discussion at Monday’s direct peace talks between delegations in Istanbul, their second meeting in just over two weeks. Zelenskyy had previously challenged Putin to meet him in Turkey, but Putin stayed away. Russia and Ukraine have established red lines that make a quick deal unlikely, despite a U.S.-led international diplomatic push to stop the fighting. The Kremlin’s Istanbul proposal contained a list of demands that Kyiv and its Western allies see as nonstarters.