Trump planned back-to-back calls with Putin & Zelensky amid halt in Ukraine aid

Dariia Mykhailenko
UNITED24 Media
Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:13 UTC

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US President Donald Trump attends a meeting with Russia's leader Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has announced that he will hold a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump on July 3.

This was reported by Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti on July 3.

Trump later confirmed the call himself. In a post on Truth Social, he stated that the conversation with Putin is scheduled for 10am eastern time.

Comment: During the call Putin is reported to have reinforced to the POTUS his resolve to eliminate the "root causes" of the conflict. CNBC reports:

Trump "raised the issue of an immediate ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian official said on a call with reporters.

Putin said he was focused instead on a "political resolution to the conflict through negotiations."

The Russian president also said his country "will pursue its stated objectives" in Ukraine, according to the official.

"Namely, to eliminate the well-known root causes that led to the current situation and the sharp confrontation. Russia will not abandon those goals," the official said.

Meanwhile, Financial Times reports that Trump also plans to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on July 4. The leaders are expected to discuss the abrupt halt in US weapons deliveries to Ukraine.

According to FT, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha summoned the acting head of the US Embassy, John Ginkel, to the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday to emphasize the critical importance of continued American military support. Sybiha warned that "any delay or hesitation in bolstering Ukraine's defense capabilities only emboldens the aggressor to persist in its war and acts of terror."

However, sources cited by Suspilne say that preparations for the potential call between Zelenskyy and Trump began even before the official announcement of the pause in military aid.

According to the source, work on organizing the conversation is ongoing, but its implementation depends on coordinating the schedules of both sides.

Earlier, the US Department of Defense was actively presenting President Donald Trump with various military support options for Ukraine, while reassessing its strategy to ensure alignment with national defense priorities and the operational readiness of American forces.

Comment: NBC News reports that the Deep State was caught off guard by Defense Secretary Hegseth's most recent move to halt shipment of munitions:

The move to halt the weapons shipment blindsided the State Department, members of Congress, officials in Kyiv and European allies, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter. [...]

Suspending the shipment of military aid to Ukraine was a unilateral step by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to three congressional aides and a former U.S. official familiar with the matter. It was the third time Hegseth on his own has stopped shipments of aid to Ukraine, the sources said. In the two previous cases, in February and in May, his actions were reversed days later.