Trump says Putin told him Russia will respond to Ukrainian attack

On Wednesday (early Thursday AEST), the US president mentioned in a social media post that “It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace”.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in 2017.(Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanised Brigade via AP)

Meanwhile, both parties have continued offensive military actions along the approximately 1000-kilometre front line and executed deep strikes.

Ukraine’s Security Service gave more details Wednesday about its spectacular weekend drone strike on Russian air bases, which it claimed destroyed or damaged 41 Russian aircraft, including strategic bombers.

The agency reported that the planes targeted included A-50, Tu-95, Tu-22, Tu-160, An-12, and Il-78 aircraft, noting that artificial intelligence aided in guiding the drones over thousands of kilometers from Ukraine.

It also said it set off an explosion on Tuesday on the seabed beneath the Kerch Bridge, a vital transport link between Russia and illegally annexed Crimea, claiming it caused damage to the structure.

But Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that there was no damage.

Russia’s Defence Ministry said Wednesday that its troops have taken control of another village in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region, on the border with Russia. Putin announced on May 22 that Russian troops aim to create a buffer zone that might help prevent Ukrainian cross-border attacks. Since then, Russia’s Ministry of Defence claims its forces have taken control of nine Sumy villages.

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