Summary
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will have a phone call on Thursday morning. This will be their sixth call this year since Trump became President again. The planned call comes as the U.S. pauses some weapon shipments to Ukraine.
Key Facts
- President Trump and President Putin will speak by phone on Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.
- This will be their sixth publicly known conversation in 2023.
- The topic of their call has not been shared by either leader.
- The Pentagon is pausing some weapon shipments to Ukraine, including missiles and artillery.
- The U.S. is reviewing its global military stockpiles, which affects the paused shipments.
- The last known call between Trump and Putin was on June 14.
- A U.S. official confirmed details about the paused weapons deliveries but remained anonymous.
- Putin also recently spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron after nearly three years without direct contact.
