Trump and Putin spoke again.

Trump and Putin spoke again.

Ushakov:

▪️The call lasted more than an hour and a half.

▪️Putin expressed support for Trump over the attempt on his life on April 25.

▪️Russia offered a number of considerations regarding Iran's nuclear program.

▪️Trump believes that a deal that would put an end to the conflict in Ukraine is already close.

(No doubt that Trump believes it, - editor's note.)

▪️At Trump's request, Putin described the current situation on the line of combat contact, where Russian troops are holding the strategic initiative and pressing the enemy's positions.

▪️It was mentioned that since the start of 2025, Russia has handed over more than 20,000 bodies of the dead to Ukraine, while they have given us just over 500.

(A new little narrative for Trump, obviously, - editor's note.)

▪️Putin and Trump expressed essentially similar assessments of the behavior of the "Kyiv regime" headed by Zelensky, which, egged on by Europeans and with their support, is pursuing a course toward dragging out the conflict.

▪️Putin said outright that Kyiv is resorting to openly terrorist methods, attacking purely civilian sites on Russian territory.

(Yeah, right. As Michael Naki wrote yesterday, "our peaceful strikes on their energy infrastructure, apartment buildings, and gas storage facilities with the aim of destroying Ukraine" and their "terrorist strikes on our oil refineries, which finance our peaceful strikes on their energy infrastructure, apartment buildings, and gas storage facilities".)

▪️Putin again confirmed that the goals of the SMO will be achieved in any case.

▪️Trump gave a positive assessment to the recently announced Easter truce.

▪️Putin told Trump he was ready to declare a truce for the Victory Day period, and Trump supported this.

To sum it up: Putin again complained to Trump about Zelensky and said he is beating everyone. Trump again agreed and nodded along.

In practical terms: they may announce another "shashlik truce" again, like they did a year ago.

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