Russian Assistant President Ussakov said on October 16 that Russian President Vladimir Putin had a regular phone call with the President of the United States on the same day, discussed topics such as Russian-US relations and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and told each other that even if the United States provided Ukraine with "Tax" cruise missiles, it will not change the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield.

Ussakov said the call was initiated by the Russian side and lasted about two and a half hours. Trump emphasized in the call that ending the Russian-Ukrainian conflict would open up broad prospects for Russian-Ukrainian economic cooperation.

Ussakov said that Trump proposed to hold a meeting of the two leaders in Budapest, Hungary, and Putin expressed his support. The two sides will immediately begin preparations for the meeting and continue to communicate on a possible date for the meeting.

Ussakov said that Putin reiterated Russia¡¯s commitment to resolving the Ukrainian crisis through political and diplomatic means in the call. On the possibility that the United States could provide Ukraine with ¡°tacks¡± missiles, Putin reiterated that the ¡°tacks¡± missiles will not change the situation on the battlefield and will only cause ¡°significant damage¡± to Russian-US relations and the mediation operation around the crisis in Ukraine.

Ushakov said that Trump stressed during the call that Ukraine needs to achieve peace as soon as possible. When he meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the 17th, he will consider all the opinions put forward by Putin during this call.