Donald Trump said he held a 75-minute phone call with Vladimir Putin just days after tensions between both leaders spilled into the open. The call, which Trump shared publicly on X, took place while the war in Ukraine passed its third year,

President Trump said the Russian leader told him “very strongly” in a phone call Wednesday that he would respond to the drone assault on his country’s airfields.

Following a dramatic drone assault by Ukraine under 'Operation Spider’s Web', Russia has vowed retaliation. President Putin reportedly told Donald Trump in a 75-minute call that a response is inevitable after over 40 Russian bombers were destroyed.