It seems to be finally dawning on President Donald Trump what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tried to tell him in that infamous Feb. 28 meeting in the Oval Office, namely that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no genuine interest in pursuing peace talks.

A White House official said that a call was not scheduled to take place on July 3 with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump had hoped to end the war between the two nations quickly after returning to office,

It was the latest in a series of almost weekly large-scale missile and drone attacks. President Trump said he “didn’t make any progress” with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.