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Washington DC, June 4: U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he had a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin that lasted about one hour and 15 minutes. They talked after a recent drone attack by Ukriane on Russian airplanes which were parked at their strategic airbases. There are reports that Ukraine destroyed around 40 Russian bombers in the attack. They also talked about other attacks happening from both sides.

Trump said that the conversation was good, but it didn’t lead to any quick peace agreement. President Putin said that he will respond strongly to the attack on Russian airfields.

They also discussed Iran and its possible plans to develop nuclear weapons. Trump said time is running out for Iran to make a decision and it needs to happen soon. He told Putin that Iran must not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and he believes they both agreed on this point.

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Putin said he might help in talks with Iran and could help bring the situation to a quick end. Trump said that he thinks Iran has been delaying its decision, but it’s a very serious issue and a final answer is needed soon.

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Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account and shared the details of the conversation. He said, “I just finished speaking, by telephone, with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia. The call lasted approximately one hour and 15 minutes. We discussed the attack on Russia’s docked airplanes, by Ukraine, and also various other attacks that have been taking place by both sides. It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace.”

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He further added, “President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields. We also discussed Iran, and the fact that time is running out on Iran’s decision pertaining to nuclear weapons, which must be made quickly! I stated to President Putin that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and, on this, I believe that we were in agreement. President Putin suggested that he will participate in the discussions with Iran and that he could, perhaps, be helpful in getting this brought to a rapid conclusion. It is my opinion that Iran has been slowwalking their decision on this very important matter, and we will need a definitive answer in a very short period of time!”

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US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had a “good conversation” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a call about Ukraine’s recent drone attack and Iran, APA reports citing BBC.

Following Ukraine’s major drone attack deep inside Russia, Trump reported that Putin told him Russia “will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields”.

Trump also warned in a social media post that the phone call, which lasted more than an hour, would not “lead to immediate Peace”.

The two leaders also discussed Iran, and Putin suggested he could help with nuclear talks with the country.

Russian military analysts are hunting for scapegoats after Ukraine stunned Moscow with weekend drone attacks that destroyed a number of strategic bomber planes, weakening a key component of Russia’s nuclear arsenal.

Aerospace forces commander-in-chief Viktor Afzalov and former defence minister Sergei Shoigu – now secretary of Russia’s Security Council – are among those being publicly singled out for blame.

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The drone strikes have prompted accusations of negligence, complacency and corruption. How was it possible, commentators are asking, for nuclear-capable aircraft to be left exposed, unprotected by hangars, and for Ukrainian intelligence to smuggle the drones within close reach of air bases and unleash them with devastating effect?

Two influential military blogs, Voyenkor Kotenok and Two Majors, said Shoigu had promised as far back as April 2021 to build more than 300 reinforced concrete shelters for aircraft, but this had not happened.

Military analyst Vladislav Shurygin condemned the “blatant irresponsibility and negligence” of the aerospace command headed by Afzalov, accusing the top brass of failing to anticipate threats and learn from past mistakes.

The Russian defence ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Another blogger, Roman Alekhin, said the attacks had demonstrated Ukraine’s ability to penetrate deep inside Russia with saboteurs. Moscow had underestimated its enemy, he said, comparing the blow to Japan’s 1941 attack on the U.S. navy at Pearl Harbor.

The heated online debate contrasts with near-silence from the authorities and scant coverage in state media. The Kremlin has said an investigation is underway.

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday condemned what he called terrorist attacks by Ukraine that killed seven people in southern Russia on Sunday, but made no reference to the strikes on the air bases that took place on the same day.

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BOMBER FLEET

Russia operates two types of nuclear-capable heavy bomber planes – the Tu-160 and Tu-95 MS, which NATO calls the Blackjack and Bear-H, respectively.

The Federation of American Scientists, in its annual review of Russian nuclear forces, said last month that it estimates Russia has only about 67 strategic bombers in its active inventory, although there is uncertainty about the numbers.

It said Russia had historically housed all its strategic bombers at Engels, in the Volga region, and Ukrainka in the Far East. But in 2022, the first year of the war, it redeployed some bombers from Engels to Belaya in Siberia and Olenya in the northern Murmansk region, apparently assuming they would be less vulnerable there to Ukrainian attack.

That assumption was disproved on Sunday, when Belaya and Olenya bore the brunt of the Ukrainian attacks. According to Western and Russian analysts, the aircraft that were hit were Tu-95 MSs and Tu-22 M3s – a type of intermediate-range bomber – though it remains unclear exactly how many were taken out.

Satellite images of Belaya, obtained by Reuters and reviewed by military experts, showed at least several strategic bombers there were destroyed or badly damaged. Russian analysts estimated a dozen or more aircraft in total were damaged or destroyed at Belaya and Olenya.

To replace them, military blogger Colonel Cassad wrote, it was likely that Russia would have to speed up production of the Tu-160 because it was only making four of those every year. Reuters could not verify that figure.

Aviation analyst Alexei Zakharov said even if as many as 15 Tu-95 MSs had been taken out, it would only reduce the number of nuclear cruise missiles that Russia was capable of firing by fewer than 100. He noted that strategic bombers are only part of a much larger nuclear force including ground- and submarine-launched missiles.

Even so, he said, Russia had learned a lesson that was “offensive and insulting. The main thing is that the right conclusions are drawn from this lesson”.

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