Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the break on the deliveries of American weapons on appeal

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Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy will discuss the steep judgment of certain kyiv American arms deliveries in a call on Friday or in the coming days, Zelenskyy said on Thursday.

Ukraine summoned an US superior diplomat on Wednesday after being taken by the Pentagon’s decision to stop providing several advanced weapons systems. Zelenskyy put pressure on us to buy us defense missiles Patriot, including during a meeting at the NATO summit last week.

The Ukrainians were alarmed by the break in arms deliveries, while Russia intensifies an summer offensive which involved last weekend in its greatest air attack in the war. Zelenskyy said he wanted to buy 10 patriot systems for $ 15 billion to defend Russian drones and missiles.

“Of course, we are counting on [the] Continuation of American support, “Zelenskyy said during a visit to Aarhus in Denmark on Thursday. He said it was “crucial” that Ukraine obtained missiles for Patriot Systems, which Europe was unable to provide.

Trump suggested at the NATO summit that he would plan to sell patriotic interceptors in kyiv, but said that the supplies were weak. The spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Sean Parnell, said on Wednesday that delivering deliveries intervened after an “capacity examination” had led “to ensure that military aid in the United States aligns with our defense priorities”.

Zelenskyy said he hoped to discuss the American-Ukrainian relationship soon with Trump. People familiar with planning, who asked for anonymity because they were not allowed to discuss it publicly, said the Ukrainian president would also increase potential sales of future weapons during the appeal.

The White House did not respond to requests for comments on the planned conversation.

Trump also spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday for almost an hour.

Kremlin’s foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov told journalists that the American president called for the end of the war, but that Putin had declared that Russia would pursue his objectives, “who should settle all the well -known initial reasons that led to the present time”.

“Russia will not abandon these objectives,” said Ushakov, according to Russian state media.

Trump told journalists on Thursday afternoon that the two leaders did not get closer to an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.

“I have made no progress with him today,” said Trump about Putin, before embarking Air Force One, adding that they had discussed “a lot, including Iran”.

The Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andriy Sybiha, called on Wednesday the actor of the embassy, ​​John Ginkel, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to highlight the importance of American military aid. He said the ministry warned that “any delay or hesitation to support Ukraine’s defense capacities only encourages the attacker to continue the war and acts of terror”.

Zelenskyy said on Thursday, kyiv had obtained an agreement with the American company Swift Beat for Ukraine to jointly produce drones capable of intercepting Russian attack drones and missiles.

He said that the agreement “provides” hundreds of thousands of drones this year only, with the potential to considerably expand production during the coming year “.

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, also in Denmark, said about the American decision: “It is a clear signal, a clear message to intensify our support. Thus, accelerating our European defense capacities, not only at the European Union level, but a continental level. ”

In Washington, legislators and former diplomats criticized the Pentagon for arresting weapons that had already engaged in Ukraine.

Zelenskyy has accepted many Trump proposals since the White House suggested for the first time an unconditional ceasefire in March. The Trump administration pressure on kyiv to hold the first face -to -face negotiations with Moscow in three years by temporarily stopping weapons shipping and the sharing of information with Ukraine in early March.

These talks stalled on Putin’s maximalist requests, which said last month that “Ukraine” was that of Russia and that its forces would continue their lead.

Ukrainian officials said air attacks were intended to sow terror and destroy critical infrastructure, while forcing them to use their limited air defenses. Sybiha said that Russian forces had launched more than 330 missiles in June, including nearly 80 ballistic missiles, as well as 5,000 combat drones and 5,000 sliding bombs.

Suspended expeditions include Patriot interceptors, Stinger air defense systems, guided artillery shells and ammunition used by F-16 and Nasams, according to senior American and Ukrainian officials.

Over 100 Hellfire missiles, around 250 GMLS for long -range precision strikes and anti -tank systems such as the AT4 launcher were also retained. Deliveries of certain weapons have continued.

Additional Guy Chazan reporting in New York, Barbara Moens in Brussels and Steff Chávez in Washington