Trump Says He Plans To Talk To Putin About Deploying Nuclear Weapons In Space
Moscow previously denied claims from the Biden administration that it is looking to put anti-satellite arsenal into the atmosphere.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he wants to talk to Vladimir Putin about Russian deployment of weapons into space at some point in the future.
The US president spoke to his Russian counterpart on the phone for more than two hours late on Monday.
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The White House had suggested Trump was going to persuade Putin to finally agree to a 30-day ceasefire in the Ukraine war, which Kyiv signed up to weeks ago.
But nothing material seemed to emerge from the call despite the US president describing it as an âexcellentâ conversation.
Trump has now told reporters that he intends to discuss Putinâs alleged plans to deploy weapons in space.
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Former US president Joe Bidenâs administration claimed in February last year that Moscow was trying to deploy a âtroublingâ new anti-satellite weapon with a nuclear warhead into space, although Putin has denied it.
When asked by reporters if he would bring up the topic himself with Putin, Trump said: âWe havenât discussed it, but at the right time, we will.â
Putin has previously said Russia âhas always been categorically against and is now against the deployment of nuclear weapons in space.â
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In the days since the two leaders spoke, a few more details about their length conversation have emerged â and it does not sound like Trump was particularly firm with his Russian counterpart over Putinâs expansionist goals.
According to Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov, they spoke about the âbrother-in-armsâ bond between the Soviet Union and the US during World War 2 â and expressed regret that they are no longer as close.
As reported by Russian state news agency TASS, Ushakov said: âThe leaders spoke extensively and warmly about the fact that our countries were allies during World War II, fighting together against Nazi Germany and militaristic Japan.
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âTrump remembers this brothers-in-arms nature and spoke regretfully of the fact that by odd circumstances our countries today are not only apart, but quite distant from each other as well.â
Putinâs aide also claimed that they discussed the US General Douglas MacArthur, who headed up the US Armyâs Far East command in World War 2.
Putin refused to back a 30-day ceasefire but did promise to work with Ukraine on drafting a memorandum for future peace talks.
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He also claimed Moscow would back a halt to hostilities as long as the âroot causesâ of the war needed to acknowledged â alluding to his baseless claim that Ukraine needs to âdenazifiedâ and therefore de-militarised.
Putin also called for Ukraine to withdraw its troops from its five occupied territories.
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