United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a joint press conference after his summit on July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland.
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A telephone call between United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin His second hour came in on Tuesday, and leaders were expecting to discuss a 30 -day fire cessation proposal to stop the war in Ukraine.
Dan Scavino, head of the White House Deputy Cabinet, told social media that the call was « passing now ».
Russia is expected to expose your own conditions for a pause on the fighting during the call, which could include stopping all arms shipments to Ukraine, according to unnamed sources cited by Bloomberg.
Trump has stated that the United States could also be ready to commit to Russia.
« We will talk about the ground. We will talk about electric power plants, » Trump told journalists on Sunday, when asked about concessions in Moscow in negotiations to end the war for more than three years in Ukraine.
« I think we already have much discussed by both sides, Ukraine and Russia. We already talk about this, dividing certain assets, » he added, without giving more details.
« We want to see if we can finish this war. Maybe we can, maybe we cannot, but I think we have a very good opportunity, » said Trump.
The Trump administration wants to obtain Moscow support for a 30 -day break in the fighting in Ukraine. Kyiv has already accepted a setting of cessation of firewhich led to Washington to restart military aid and the exchange of intelligence with the country torn off the war After a brief collapse in the ties after a warm clash of the White House in late February.
Russia gave a more silenced response, and Putin said last week Accepted the idea in principle While showing the warnings and request more negotiations.
« The idea (of a cessation of fire) is correct and we are certainly supporting, but there are problems that need to be discussed. I think we have to talk to our north -American colleagues and partners. Maybe call President Trump and discuss together. But we support the idea of ending this conflict through peaceful means, » he said last Thursday, according to a NBC translation.
Putin also said that an agreement must « lead to long -term peace and eliminate the fundamental causes of this crisis » and questioned both the application of the cessation of fire and the 30 -day break in the fight would allow Ukraine to « supply weapons » or « to train recently mobilized units ».
‘Manipulator’
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Putin’s response to the idea of cessation of fire was « manipulative ».
« Now we have all heard very predictable and very manipulative words in Putin in response to the idea of silence on the front; in fact, he is preparing to reject it from now on, » the President said at a night address last Thursday.
A cessation of the fire could give the two parties time to consider their terms for a future peace agreement, but the distance between counterparty priorities is important. Ukraine fears that it can be pushed to grant a Russian occupied territory to Moscow and insists on security guarantees.
In the meantime, analysts are skeptical that Russia will easily accept a cessation of fire or then fulfill a truce. Before the large -scale war began in 2022, the agreements prior to cessation cessation to end the struggle between Russian supporters and Ukrainian forces in the east of the country saw both parties repeatedly accused of violating agreements.
The Ukrainian military man goes to the car on September 23, 2024 in Southzha, Kursk region, Russia.
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Russian Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on Monday that the Kremlin would seek « Ferrolad’s security guarantees » in any possible future peace agreement that Ukraine would not allow to join the NATO of the western military alliance and remain neutral.
« If we talk about a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, of course, it will have an external scheme. We will demand that the safety of cast iron security be part of this agreement. Since only through their training will it be possible to achieve lasting peace in Ukraine and generally strengthening regional security, » Grushko said in an interview with Google that was translated by Google.
According to the diplomat, one of these conditions should be the neutral state of Ukraine and the refusal of NATO countries to accept Kiev in the organization.
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