Zelenskyy and Putin hold separate calls with Trump

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publish: 2026-07-05 20:42

By: 無綫新聞

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

hold separate phone calls with US President Donald Trump,

touching on a wide range of issues including the Ukraine conflict.

Zelenskyy says US decisiveness can help end the war with Russia.

According to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, the conversation

lasted about one hour and 25 minutes and was pragmatic and constructive.

It is the fourth call between the two leaders this year

In the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine

two people were killed and 39 others injured in an overnight

Russian attack Friday on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region.

This building was one of many damaged in the attack.

Emergency crews standing by to rush the injured to hospital.

Throughout Friday, Russia launched a series of attacks on

the city using drones and guided serial bombs.

The strikes came in multiple waves during the day and continued on

Saturday overnight.

According to authorities, 34 apartment buildings and 37 private

homes sustained varying degrees of damage across several

districts of the city.

This as Russian military commanders told Russian President

Vladimir Putin their forces had taken control of Kostiantynivka

a target that Moscow has long sought in its advance through the

Donetsk region.

Ukraine hit back at Moscow rejecting Russia's claims that the city

has been captured.

This as Putin visited the Russian military

headquarters Friday, directing the action in Ukraine.

Putin hailed the capture of Kostiantynivka as a key step

toward capturing the nearby cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk,

the key remaining strongholds in the so-called 'forest belt'

of heavily fortified cities in the Donetsk region that remain in

Ukraine hands.

Putin also warned that the more strikes Kyiv launches

on Russian civilian facilities, the bigger security zone they will

need to create in Ukraine.

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