Russia’s Putin accepted U.S. offer of ventilators: Trump

May 7, 2020

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday said Russian President Vladimir Putin had accepted his offer to provide ventilators to aid in the fight against the novel coronavirus causes a potentially deadly respiratory illness, adding that Russia is having a hard time with the disease.

Trump and Putin spoke by phone on Thursday, where they discussed the coronavirus as well as arms control, according to the White House.

(Reporting by Steve Holland and Lisa Lambert, Editing by Franklin Paul)