Trump Says Putin Will Hit Back At Ukraine For Surprise Drone Attack, Help Iran Nuke Talks

Russia will retaliate in response to Sunday’s surprise Ukrainian drone attacks and indicated willingness to help U.S. negotiators strike a deal with Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Donald Trump in a phone call Wednesday.

Trump and Putin talked for an hour and fifteen minutes on Wednesday, Trump describing the call as a “good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace,” he shared on Truth Social Wednesday. The covert drone attack from Ukraine complicated peace prospects in the region, and U.S. talks with Iran about the latter’s nuclear program also currently appear to be at an impasse.

“President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields,” Trump said in his post. “We also discussed Iran, and the fact that time is running out on Iran’s decision pertaining to nuclear weapons, which must be made quickly! I stated to President Putin that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and, on this, I believe that we were in agreement. President Putin suggested that he will participate in the discussions with Iran and that he could, perhaps, be helpful in getting this brought to a rapid conclusion.”