Trump ‘offers to be peacemaker during 90-minute call with Putin’

WorldPolitics
5 Jul 2026 • 3:13 PM MYT
The Independent
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Trump ‘offers to be peacemaker during 90-minute call with Putin’

  • Donald Trump reportedly offered to help Russian President Vladimir Putin find a solution to resolving the war in Ukraine during a 90-minute call, while also speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss the conflict.
  • Ukraine conducted a large-scale drone attack on St Petersburg and the Leningrad region, hitting an oil terminal and the Kronstadt naval base, which President Zelensky confirmed as part of a ”long-range sanctions plan”.
  • President Zelensky dismissed Russia's claim of capturing the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka as “another Russian lie”, despite Russia later proposing a temporary ceasefire there for body recovery.
  • The Netherlands announced it would host a special tribunal to prosecute Russia's leadership for the crime of aggression in Ukraine, a decision welcomed by President Zelensky.
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted that Ukrainian drone attacks on infrastructure are causing “problems” and fuel shortages across Russia.

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