‘Trump could get offended’: Putin cuts short event session in Moscow to take urgent call | Watch video

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump spoke on Thursday (July 3), which is their sixth publicly known conversation since the Republican leader returned to office. The timing of the call is critical as Washington makes repeated attempts to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine.Putin was attending a plenary session at the Strong Ideas for a New Time forum in Moscow, organised by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives. Midway through the event, he abruptly wrapped up and apologised to the audience, citing an urgent phone call.
“Please, don’t be angry. I understand that we could talk more, but it’s so awkward to make [Trump] wait, he could get offended,” Putin said, drawing some chuckles from the crowd.
Watch the video where Putin is seen requesting an understanding from the audience before leaving for the call.

Putin rushes to talk to Trump, lest he gets offended for being made to wait pic.twitter.com/Vx0CZEeOye

— RT (@RT_com) July 3, 2025

Meanwhile, Trump confirmed the scheduled call earlier on Truth Social, posting, “Will be speaking to President Putin of Russia at 10:00 AM. Thankyou.”After the conversation, Trump shared a brief update on his Truth Social platform.

“We had a call. It was a pretty long call. We talked about a lot of things, including Iran. We also talked about the war with Ukraine. I am not happy about that… No, I didn’t make any progress with him (Russian President Putin) today…” he said.

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There’s been no official release from the White House or the Kremlin so far. The contents of the call remain limited to what Trump disclosed online. This call comes as global pressure mounts on both sides to ease the Ukraine conflict.

In sharp contrast to his urgency to take a call from Trump on Thursday, Putin made his US counterpart wait in March this year.

They had a call scheduled between 4 pm and 6 pm Russian time (6.30 pm to 8.30 pm IST). At the time, Putin was attending a conference with Russian business leaders in Moscow and reportedly kept Trump waiting for over an hour.