{"id":630413,"date":"2026-07-05T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=630413"},"modified":"2026-07-05T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:05:00","slug":"putin-invites-trump-to-visit-russia-in-constructive-july-4th-phone-call-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=630413","title":{"rendered":"Putin Invites Trump To Visit Russia In &#8216;Constructive&#8217; July 4th Phone Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Putin Invites Trump To Visit Russia In &#8216;Constructive&#8217; July 4th Phone Call<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>A nearly 90-minute phone call between Presidents Trump and Putin on July 4th could signal shifting White House priorities, as it tries to find permanent offramp and settlement in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, but also as the Ukraine war seems to be fast heating up again.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said in comments made public Sunday that Trump <strong>offered Putin to help find a solution to the war in Ukraine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trumpputinfile_1.jpg?itok=5SU3Xlki\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trumpputinfile_1.jpg?itok=5SU3Xlki\"><\/a><\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\" class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"cdd6ed24-f87a-49f1-8940-4b4bcba0a7a3\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/trumpputinfile_1.jpg?itok=5SU3Xlki\" width=\"500\" \/><figcaption><em>Shutterstock, Sputnik via EPA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The American president once again confirmed his readiness to work towards a rapid end to the fighting and find solutions to overcome the crisis,&#8221; Ushakov said of Trump&#8217;s call. He called\u00a0conversation\u00a0<strong>&#8220;business-like and quite constructive.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The spokesman further stated that Russia sought &#8220;a political-diplomatic resolution of the conflict, with due account of Russia&#8217;s fundamental approach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Ushakov also lashed out at the Zelensky government, accusing it and its European allies of <strong>&#8220;counting on extending and even escalating the conflict, and on terrorism against civilians<\/strong>.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This referred to the fact that Ukraine&#8217;s repeat drone strikes deep inside Russian territory have severely damaged energy infrastructure, as well as hit residential buildings and areas, resulting in casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Ushakov further described that in the call Putin &#8220;depicted the real situation on the battlefield where the\u00a0<strong>Russian armed forces are confidently advancing<\/strong>, liberating one locality after another.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Putin had also apparently<strong> renewed his initial Alaska Summit invitation for Trump to visit Russia<\/strong>, where further bilateral dialogue can take place, Axios noted.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Saturday had also held a call with Ukrainian President Zelensky, who later said on Telegram the talk was &#8220;very good&#8221;.\u00a0 Zelensky stated that &#8220;There is a real prospect to end this war and American resolve will have a crucial meaning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky and Trump are expected to continue the discussion at the upcoming NATO Summit in Ankara, set for July 7-8.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky had further taken the opportunity to highlight some of the latest weapons support from Washington: &#8220;We are grateful to the United States for all the assistance we have received \u2013 from Javelins and Patriots to political support \u2013 and we deeply value that America stands by us in defending our independence. I am grateful to every American heart that cares about the future of Ukraine, Europe, and everyone around the world for whom freedom matters,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Trump and congratulated him for the U.S. 250 independence day. The Kremlin says the call lasted an hour and a half. Putin invited Trump to visit Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZOfR0tE4fv\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZOfR0tE4fv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BarakRavid\/status\/2073519221917532222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Currently each warring side disputes the degree to which Russian forces are advancing. Supporters on either side have even been issuing contradictory battlefield maps, and the fog of war is thick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sun, 07\/05\/2026 &#8211; 11:05<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/trumpputinfile_1.jpg?itok=5SU3Xlki\" title=\"Putin Invites Trump To Visit Russia In &apos;Constructive&apos; July 4th Phone Call\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Putin Invites Trump To Visit Russia In &#8216;Constructive&#8217; July 4th Phone Call A nearly 90-minute phone call between Presidents Trump and Putin on July 4th could signal shifting White House priorities, as it tries to find permanent offramp and settlement in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, but also as the Ukraine war seems to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=630413\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Putin Invites Trump To Visit Russia In &#8216;Constructive&#8217; July 4th Phone Call<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":630401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-630413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=630413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/630401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=630413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=630413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=630413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}