{"id":8516,"date":"2025-07-06T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T00:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/zelensky-describes-phone-call-with-trump-as-best-conversation-in-all-this-time\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T00:01:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T00:01:16","slug":"zelensky-describes-phone-call-with-trump-as-best-conversation-in-all-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/zelensky-describes-phone-call-with-trump-as-best-conversation-in-all-this-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky describes phone call with Trump as &#8216;best conversation in all this time&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2169777527.jpg\" alt=\"Zelensky describes phone call with Trump as 'best conversation in all this time'\"><\/p>\n<p>President Volodymyr Zelensky described his recent phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump as &#8220;the best conversation in all this time&#8221; in an evening address on July 5.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Patriot (missiles) are key to protection from ballistic (missiles). We discussed several other important issues that our teams will work out in detail at meetings in the near future,&#8221; Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/V_Zelenskiy_official\/14995\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two leaders spoke on July 4, agreeing to strengthen Ukraine&#8217;s air defenses amid intensified Russian strikes, <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/zelensky-trump-hold-phone-call-after-putins-pledge-to-continue-war-in-ukraine\/\">Zelensky<\/a> said earlier.<\/p>\n<p>A day prior to speaking with Zelensky, Trump held a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to discuss ending <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/war\/\">Russia&#8217;s war<\/a> against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was probably the best conversation in all this time, it was maximally productive. We discussed the topic of <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/air-defense\/\">air defenses<\/a>. I am grateful for the readiness to help,&#8221; Zelensky said, describing his phone call with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Relations between <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a> and the U.S. have previously been strained as the White House pushed Kyiv to sign a lucrative bilateral minerals deal and tried to broker a peace deal with Moscow that did not rule out major concessions for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky&#8217;s phone call with the U.S. leader followed media reports and announcements from Washington of a <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/pentagon-confirms-capability-review-amid-pause-in-aid-deliveries-to-ukraine\/\">pause<\/a> in military assistance to Ukraine. <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/we-havent-trump-denies-us-pausing-weapons-to-ukraine-despite-pentagon-decision-to-halt-shipments-06-2025\/\">Trump<\/a>, on July 3, denied that Washington has stopped supplying weapons to Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>Trump described his July 3 conversation with Putin as disappointing, saying that the call &#8220;didn&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/i-didnt-make-any-progress-at-all-trump-says-following-call-with-putin-06-2025\/\">make<\/a> any progress&#8221; in stopping Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m very <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/im-very-disappointed-trump-says-after-phone-call-with-putin-06-2025\/\">disappointed<\/a> with the conversation I had today with President Putin,&#8221; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/QeUMxwtM51c?t=205s\">told<\/a> journalists. &#8220;Because I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s there. And I&#8217;m very disappointed. \u00a0I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s looking to stop this fighting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/russia-launches-another-horrific-attack-on-kyiv-moments-after-trump-putin-talks-call\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">Russia launches another horrific attack on Kyiv hours after Trump-Putin call<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">Ripe cherries and apricots fill the stalls of fruit vendors, while people bustle about on a scorching July Friday. Yet just a five-minute walk from the stand, the scene shifts dramatically: a gaping hole mars the five-story residential building where the stairwell once stood. Rescuers tirelessly sift through the<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"Zelensky describes phone call with Trump as 'best conversation in all this time'\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Kateryna Hodunova<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2222759428-3.jpg\" alt=\"Zelensky describes phone call with Trump as 'best conversation in all this time'\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com<br \/>\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news and information in its entirety and distribute them further. The content was made available to us through the rss mechanism<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/zelensky-describes-phone-call-with-trump-as-best-conversation-in-all-this-time-06-2025\/\">Original Content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Volodymyr Zelensky described his recent phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump as &#8220;the best conversation in all this time&#8221; in an evening address on July 5. &#8220;Patriot (missiles) are key to protection from ballistic (missiles). 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