The call marked the sixth publicly acknowledged conversation between the two leaders since Trump returned to office earlier this year.

We also talked about the war with Ukraine and I’m not happy about that,” the president said before boarding Air Force One for a trip to Iowa for an event celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary. “No,

Russian strikes hit more than a dozen locations across Ukraine’s capital Kyiv overnight into Friday, including residential areas, a local official said, hours after US President Donald Trump said he had made “no progress” towards a ceasefire deal during a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.