Trump says Putin call yielded no progress on a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he "didn't make any progress" on a potential ceasefire when he spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

President Donald Trump said he "didn't make any progress" toward a potential ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war when he spoke by phone Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"No, I didn't make any progress with him today at all," Trump told reporters when asked about his call with Putin earlier in the day.

"We had a call. It was a pretty long call. We talked about a lot of things, including Iran, and we also talked about, as you know, the war with Ukraine. And I'm not happy about that, I'm not happy," Trump said.

Putin aide Yury Ushakov said in a readout of the call that the two leaders held a “frank and substantive” conversation and that Trump raised the possibility of an immediate ceasefire in Russia's war with Ukraine but that Putin did not agree. Putin said Russia "will pursue its stated objectives" in the conflict, and continues to look for a political resolution to the conflict through negotiations, Ushakov added.

The last publicly known call between Putin and Trump took place last month in a discussion that involved the Israel-Iran conflict, according to a Truth Social post by Trump. They also spoke in May about the Ukraine-Russia war.