President Trump said he plans to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday about ending the war in Ukraine after three years of fighting the Russian large -scale invasion of his neighbor.
« A lot of work has been done during the weekend. We want to see if we can finish this war, » said Mr. Trump to journalists aboard the Air Force on a Sunday evening. « Maybe we can. Maybe we can’t, but I think we have very good opportunities. »
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the plans on Monday morning, but did not give more details.
The scheduled call comes one week after the United States and Ukraine delegates met in Saudi Arabia and announce a Proposal for the cessation of 30 -day fire. As Putin said he accepted the idea For the cessation of fire, in principle, he did not commit to an agreement and said that more debates were needed.
« The idea itself is correct and we certainly support it, » Putin said during a press conference in Moscow last week. « But there are problems that we have to discuss and I think we have to discuss it with our north -American companions and partners. »
President Trump’s special envoy to Middle East Steve Witkoff, found with Putin Last week. « We advanced a lot at this meeting » Witkoff said Sunday in « Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan ». « We have talked about many details, and I point to the great gap between Ukraine and Russia before the inauguration, and where we are today. We have restricted the problems between the two parties, making a lot of progress, in my opinion. »
Trump said he was waiting for his call with Putin to involve discussions about specific assets.
« We will talk about the ground. We will talk about electric power plants. This is a great question, » Trump said on board the Air Force. « But I think we have already discussed it, a lot on both sides, Ukraine and Russia. We are already talking about this, dividing certain assets and they have been working on it. »
After launching his large -scale invasion in Ukraine in 2022, Russia illegally annexed four regions, which does not completely control: Donetsk, Luhansk, Kheson and Zaporizhzhia. Zaporizhzhia is where the largest nuclear power plant in Europe is located.
Russia also annexed Crimea of Ukraine in 2014.
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