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Trump Says Both Putin and Zelenskiy are Stubborn

This combination of pictures created on May 25, 2025 shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) on September 26, 2024 in Washington, DC, US President Donald Trump (C) in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025 and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) in Kazan on October 24, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
This combination of pictures created on May 25, 2025 shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) on September 26, 2024 in Washington, DC, US President Donald Trump (C) in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025 and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) in Kazan on October 24, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
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Trump Says Both Putin and Zelenskiy are Stubborn

This combination of pictures created on May 25, 2025 shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) on September 26, 2024 in Washington, DC, US President Donald Trump (C) in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025 and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) in Kazan on October 24, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
This combination of pictures created on May 25, 2025 shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) on September 26, 2024 in Washington, DC, US President Donald Trump (C) in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025 and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) in Kazan on October 24, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

President Donald Trump said on Friday that both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy are stubborn as he tries to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.
Asked by reporters in the Oval Office if he believed Putin was stubborn, Trump said he had been surprised and disappointed by Russian bombing in Ukraine while he was trying to arrange a ceasefire.

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US Moving Fighter Jets to Middle East as Israel-Iran War Rages

This handout grab taken from footage released by the US Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) on June 11, 2025 shows the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) conducting flight operations in the South China Sea, on May 28, 2025. (AFP Photo / DVIDS / Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Edward Jacome - Handout)
This handout grab taken from footage released by the US Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) on June 11, 2025 shows the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) conducting flight operations in the South China Sea, on May 28, 2025. (AFP Photo / DVIDS / Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Edward Jacome - Handout)
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US Moving Fighter Jets to Middle East as Israel-Iran War Rages

This handout grab taken from footage released by the US Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) on June 11, 2025 shows the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) conducting flight operations in the South China Sea, on May 28, 2025. (AFP Photo / DVIDS / Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Edward Jacome - Handout)
This handout grab taken from footage released by the US Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) on June 11, 2025 shows the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) conducting flight operations in the South China Sea, on May 28, 2025. (AFP Photo / DVIDS / Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Edward Jacome - Handout)

The US military is deploying more fighter aircraft to the Middle East and extending the deployment of other warplanes, bolstering US military forces in the region as the war between Israel and Iran rages, three US officials said.

One of the officials said the deployments include F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter aircraft.

Two of the officials stressed the defensive nature of the deployment of fighter aircraft, which have been used to shoot down drones and projectiles.

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Reuters was first to report on Monday the movement of a large number of tanker aircraft to Europe as well as the deployment of an aircraft carrier to the Middle East, providing options to President Donald Trump as Middle East tensions soar.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the deployments as defensive in nature, as Washington looks to safeguard forces in the Middle East from potential blowback from Iran and Iran-aligned forces in the region.

A fourth US defense official on Tuesday raised the possibility of the deployment to the Eastern Mediterranean of additional US Navy warships capable of shooting down ballistic missiles.

The United States already has a sizeable force in the Middle East, with nearly 40,000 troops in the region, including air defense systems, fighter aircraft and warships that can detect and shoot down enemy missiles.

Israel launched its air war, its largest ever on Iran, on Friday after saying it concluded Iran was on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon.

Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons and has pointed to its right to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, including enrichment, as a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.