Russian President Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump in a phone call Wednesday that Moscow was obligated to respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack, Trump said, setting up a potential escalation in the conflict just as the US president hopes to broker an end to the war.

In an interview with ABC News, segments of which were published, the Ukrainian leader commented on Trump's recent statement comparing the war in Ukraine to "two children fighting" in a park. Zelenskyy stated that "it's not about President Trump" because anyone who is not in Ukraine but lives thousands of miles away from the war "cannot fully

Trump said his latest call with Putin wouldn't lead to "immediate peace" as he relayed the Russian leader's plans to retaliate against Ukraine.