Vladimir Putin has agreed to a phone call with American President Donald Trump to discuss a 30-day ceasefires in the war with Ukraine after a meeting with the American envoy Steve Witkoff.
The Tyran Russian leader asked Witkoff to convey the thoughts from Moscow to Washington, said spokesperson for Kremlin Dmitry Peskov.
Putin asked Witkoff late Thursday to give extra messages to Trump, Peskov told reporters, after the Russian leader said during a press conference that he in principle supported a truce, but explains a large number of details that must be clarified before it corresponds.
A possible phone call between Putin and Trump to arrange excellent ceases -the fires can be arranged after Witkoff has delivered the messages in Washington, Peskov added.
“There is a concept on both sides that such a call is needed,” said Kremlin spokesperson.
“There are certainly a few grounds for careful optimism,” he added to the ceasefish -the proposal proposal. “A lot still needs to be done, but the president has shown solidarity with the position of President Trump.”
On Thursday, Putin said that Russia supported the American proposal for a cessation -the fires in Ukraine, but had “serious questions” that he had to discuss with the United States.
Putin said that he was in 'favor' of the proposal of a strike-it-fire of 30 days ', but that there are nuances' and that he had 'serious questions' about how it would work.
Vladimir Putin (photo) has agreed to a phone call with American President Donald Trump to discuss the 30-day Ukraine-Stakt-the-Fires
Putin said that he was in 'favor' of the proposal of a strike-it-fire of 30 days, but that he had 'serious questions' about how it would work. “I think we should talk to our American colleagues … maybe a phone call with President Trump and discuss this with him,” he said
The American envoy Steve Witkoff was asked by Putin to transfer the thoughts from Moscow to Washington after the couple had met
“I think we should talk to our American colleagues … Maybe have a phone call with President Trump and discuss this with him,” he told reporters.
He noticed the need to develop a mechanism to control possible infringements of the truce. Another problem, he said, is whether Ukraine could use the ceasefires of 30 days to remain mobilization and reinforcement.
“We agree with the proposals to stop the fighting, but we will continue to assume that it must stop -the fires must lead to permanent peace and remove the root causes of the crisis,” Putin said.
The Russian president said that every cease-fire should lead to 'long-term peace'.
Now American officials have said that Washington will discuss the technical issues with regard to a possible ceasefires next week.
Given the range of problems on the table and the sharp differences between what Moscow and Kyiv want, it may take weeks or months for the weapons to stand still.
Ukraine, under severe military pressure on parts of the front line three years after the full invasion of Russia, has already approved the proposal.
The Russian army has been given a battlefield momentum and analysts say that the Russian leader will probably be reluctant to hurry up -fires while he thinks he has an advantage.
The Russian army, supported by North Korean troops, is now close to the complete driving of the Ukrainian troops of their foot in the Russian region of Kursk Border in what a big setback for Kiev would be.
This hand -out photo made and released by the state of Emergency Service of Ukraine on 12 March 2025, shows a destroyed building on the site of a strike in Kryvyi Rig
Ukrainian President VolodyMyr Zensky speaks at a press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, 12 March 2025
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It comes after Trump promised to arrange the war in 24 hours during his election campaign, but in January he changed that time frame, and expressed the hope that peace could be negotiated in six months.
Putin's seemingly friendly tone to the White House reflects the remarkable shift in American relations with Russia and Ukraine since Trump returned to the office in January.
Former President Joe Biden had tried to insulate Putin.
Trump has threatened both Russia and Ukraine with punitive measures if they are not concerned with his peace efforts.
The American leader briefly cut critical military aid and sharing information in a clear attempt to push Kyiv to have conversations about the end of the war, but on March 3 the suspension increased after high American and Ukrainian officials reported that they made progress about how to stop during conversations in Saudi.
Trump said on Wednesday that “it is now up to Russia,” while his administration is getting Moscow to agree to the ceasefires -the fire.
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zensky also had a tense meeting in the White House on 28 February in which Trump was wondering whether Ukraine wanted to stop the war.
Tempers flared up on all sides during the Oval Office Showdown. Trump threatened to completely leave Ukraine if Zensky did not agree with his peace conditions. He also accused Zensky not to be grateful.
Zelensky kept himself, even showing Trump photos that he brought from the destruction to his country and claimed that he had thanked the American people.
Firefighters work in a damaged building after a Russian strike in Akhtyrka, Ukraine on March 13, 2025
The scream match was different from everything once publicly seen in the Oval Office. And it took place on TV screens around the world.
“You are gambling with the Second World War,” Trump roared at one point Zensky.
After the controversial meeting, Trump announced that he had asked Zensky to leave.
In a message about Truth Social, Trump wrote:. “It is amazing what comes out of emotion, and I have found that President Zensky is not ready for peace when America is involved.
“Because he feels that our involvement gives him a big advantage of the negotiations. I don't want an advantage, I want peace. He respected the United States of America in his cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for peace. '
The US President has increased the possibility of sharpening the sanctions against Russia, although his administration has also repeatedly embraced the Kremlin positions on the conflict, including the fact that the hope of Ukraine will not be realized to NATO and that it will probably not return to the country of Russia.
In the meantime, Russian air defenses defeated four Ukrainian drones that the Russian capital attacked early on Friday, said Mayor Sergei Sobyanin in Moscow.
One damaged the roof of an apartment building a few kilometers from the Kremlin.
Several other buildings were slightly damaged by drone fragments, but there were no injuries, according to emergency officers.
