Ukraine carries out biggest drone attack against Russia since the start of the war Russian President Vladimir Putin is rejecting calls to negotiate peace with Kiev and is expected to intensify the war in Ukraine in the coming months, according to the Reuters news agency. The information comes from three sources close to the Kremlin, interviewed anonymously. According to them, Putin remains steadfast in his main objective of capturing the rest of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, and Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries and ports have reinforced his resolve to keep fighting for now. One of them states that the Russian president recently reprimanded a group of advisers who suggested an agreement based on a ceasefire along the current front lines. In June, Putin publicly rejected a call by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a meeting and a ceasefire. Trump continues to push for a peace agreement Putin and Trump greet each other during a meeting in Alaska REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque ??Do you have any suggestions for reporting? Send it to g1 On Monday (6), the President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated that Putin wants an end to the war and that a resolution to the war is "closer than people imagine". The statement comes two days after a nearly 90-minute telephone conversation between the two, in which Trump offered help in seeking a solution to the war in Ukraine, according to a Kremlin adviser. "The American president has once again confirmed his willingness to work for a quick end to the fighting and find solutions to overcome the crisis," said Ushakov when commenting on the conversation between Trump and Putin. This Thursday (9), one day after Trump authorized Ukraine to produce Patriot missiles during a conversation with Zelensky at the NATO summit, the Russian government maintained its diplomatic stance towards Washington: "There is a certain dualism in the US position. They make mistakes sometimes, but they remain firm in their position to help find a peaceful solution. We know that the US supplies weapons to Ukraine, we are not naive, the license is new information for us." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, however, that the US was mistaken in believing that strikes from Ukraine on Russian territory could help end the war.