Russia's President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony opening youth centres in Russian regions via a video link at his residence outside Moscow, Russia, Jun 28, 2025. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERSRussia's President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony opening youth centres in Russian regions via a video link at his residence outside Moscow, Russia, Jun 28, 2025. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERSUS President Donald Trump pushed for a quick halt to the Ukraine war in a Thursday phone call with Vladimir Putin, while a Kremlin aide said the Russian president reiterated that Moscow would keep pushing to solve the conflict's "root causes." The two leaders did not discuss a recent pause in some US weapons shipments to Kyiv during the nearly hour-long call, according to a readout provided by Putin aide Yuri Ushakov. Ushakov, the Kremlin aide, said the issue of weapons deliveries to Ukraine did not come up during the Trump-Putin phone call.
