The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy said on Friday that he had a “very important and productive” phone call with President Donald Trump.
The two leaders discussed how the Ukrainian air defenses can be strengthened, possible joint weapons production between the US and Ukraine and broader efforts led by the US to end the war with Russia, according to a statement of Zenskyy.
“Ik had een heel belangrijk en vruchtbaar gesprek met @potus,” schreef Zelenskyy op X. “Ik feliciteerde president Trump en het hele Amerikaanse volk op de Amerikaanse onafhankelijkheidsdag. We zijn – in Oekraïne – dankbaar voor alle ondersteuning. Het helpt levens te beschermen, onze vrijheid en de moord bij het stoppen van de moord en het herstellen van de moord en het herstellen van de moord en het herstellen van de moord en het herstellen van de moord en het herstellen van de Modes and repairing the modes and repairing the modes and repairing the modes and restoring peace is necessary.
Zenskyy said he and Trump “discussed the current situation, including Russian air strikes and the wider front line developments.”
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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on board Air Force One, on the way of a joint basis Andrews, MD., On Friday, July 4, 2025 to Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, NJ. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
“President Trump is very well informed and I thank him for his attention to Ukraine,” he continued. “We have spoken about opportunities in air defense and we have agreed that we will work together to strengthen the protection of our skies. We also agreed to a meeting between our teams. We had a detailed conversation about the possibilities for the defense industry and joint production. We are ready for direct projects with the diplomatic situation.
Asked by reporters on board Air Force One at the end of Friday, Trump said he and Zenskyy “had a very good call, I think a very strategic call.”
“Well, we helped them and we will continue to help them,” Trump said about the Ukrainians. “It is a pretty difficult situation. We will see what is happening. I told you that I was very unhappy with my phone call with President Putin. And it just seems as if he wants to go completely and just want to keep killing people. It’s not good. It’s not good. I was unhappy with him.”
When asked if the US would sell more Patriot missiles to Ukraine, Trump said, “Yes, we can. We look at it.”
“They need them for defense. I don’t want to see people killing. They need them for defense. They are incredibly effective,” Trump said. “They need something because they are hit pretty hard.”
Asked if he personally endangered Putin with sanctions, Trump said: “We talk a lot about sanctions, yes.”
“I would say he is not happy with it,” said Trump. “He has been able to handle sanctions, but these are pretty biting sanctions. No, we talk a lot about sanctions. And he understands that it might come, and you know, he is a professional.”
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy is holding a press conference in Marselisborg Castle in Aarhus, Denmark on 3 July 2025. (Martin Sylvest Andersen/Getty images)
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Trump said that he had also discussed Ukraine’s request for patriot missiles with the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, but they have not yet made a decision.
“No, we talked about it, and he feels, you know, they have to be protected. He is a strong guy and smart, very smart man,” Trump said about Merz.
Trump had said early on Friday that he was “very disappointed” by his phone call with Putin, and added: “I don’t think he wants to stop, and that’s a shame.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting about the development of “new regions”, annexed from Ukraine, in the Kremlin, on 30 June 2025 in Moscow. (Contributor/Getty images)
The assistant of Putin, Yuri Ushakov, released a summary of what he said was an almost hour of conversation between Trump and the Russian leader. It said that Putin Trump said that Russia would “not go back from his goals” with regard to the Ukraine war.
“Of course, the issues surrounding Ukraine were also discussed. Donald Trump again raised the issue of ending the hostilities as quickly as possible. In turn, Vladimir Putin noted that we are still continuing the search for a political, negotiated solution for the conflict,” said the Moscow’s readout. “He also noticed that Russia was willing to pursue negotiations. Moreover, the President of Russia said that Russia would strive to achieve his goals, namely the elimination of the known main causes that have led to the current state of affairs, the bitter confrontation that we see now. Russia will not return from these goals.”
Russia has performed its long -distance attacks on Ukraine. Waves of drones and missiles focused on Kyiv at night in the largest air raid since the invasion of Russia in Ukraine began.
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Ukraine said it hit a Russian airbase on Saturday, while the bombing on the bombing in the Russia brought a breakthrough on a breakthrough in attempts to end the more than three -year -old war.
The Military General Staff of Ukraine said that the Ukrainian troops had struck the Borisoglebs-air base in the Voronezh region of Russia and described as the home of the Russian SU-34, SU-35s and SU-30sm Jets.
