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US President Donald Trump connected Tuesday said that helium did not privation a "wasted meeting" with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, expressing his vexation with erstwhile fruitless attempts astatine resolving the Ukraine war.Reacting to his Budapest acme with Putin being shelved, helium said, "I don't privation to person a wasted meeting. I don't privation to person a discarded of time, truthful I'll spot what happens."
Just days ago, Trump had indicated helium would conscionable Putin wrong 2 weeks portion pressuring Ukraine to cede the eastbound Donbas portion successful speech for peace. However, the Kremlin reportedly continued to importune connected each its demands contempt a caller telephone with Trump, prompting the White House to denote that nary contiguous gathering was planned.The Kremlin confirmed determination is nary acceptable day for a caller Trump-Putin meeting, pursuing earlier talks successful Alaska successful August that failed to nutrient a breakthrough connected Ukraine.Trump has shown signs of vexation with Putin contempt claiming a idiosyncratic rapport, but his stance appeared to displacement toward Moscow aft gathering Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky astatine the White House past week. During the “tense” discussions, Trump reportedly pressured Zelensky to cede the eastbound Donbas region, 1 of Putin’s cardinal demands, portion publically calling for an extremity to the warfare astatine the existent conflict lines. Ukrainian officials described the talks arsenic hard and said diplomatic efforts felt “dragged out” and cyclical.
