President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin took the first steps in the direction of a permanent stop -the fire between Ukraine and Russia on Tuesday with a provisional agreement to “stop energy and infrastructure.”
The partial cease -the fire agreement will affect the effect for 30 days.
'The leaders agreed that the movement towards peace will start with an energy and infrastructure, as well as technical negotiations on the implementation of a cease -the fire in the Black Sea, completely ceases -the fires and permanent peace. These negotiations will immediately start in the middle, “said the White House in his reading.
Putin also offered his conditions for a permanent end to the fighting and said that he wants a suspension of all weapons of weapons to Ukraine during the ceasefire -the Fire, Bloomberg reported.
However, European allies are afraid that Moscow could lead during a ceasefire -the fires, so Kyiv remains a catching up.
The conversation of two leaders took about two hours, starting around 10 am and ended at noon. Trump spoke from the Oval Office, where he was accompanied by vice president JD Vance and State Secretary Marco Rubio.
The call on Tuesday morning was the first known conversation between Trump and Putin since Ukraine last week corresponded to support a 30-day ceasefire supported by the US as long as Russia does the same.
Trump went in the call, trusted that he could get a cessation -the proof.
“We can hold a peace agreement, a cease -the fires and peace and I think we can do it,” he said Monday.
President Donald Trump – shown above in the Kennedy Center on Monday – was in the call on Tuesday, confidence that he could get a stop –
The White House has no option excluded to get its deal – whether it has admitted to sticking to Russian wishes to Ukrainian territory or to threaten the Kremlin with sanctions.
“All options are on the table,” said national security adviser Mike Waltz before the call. 'Absolute.'
The White House had said that sanctions were an option if Tuesday's conversation did not go as President Trump hoped.
“It is something that the president has driven, and he is certainly willing to do so if necessary,” said Pers Secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt in her briefing on Monday.
Another option that the administration has considered is to recognize the Crimea region of Ukraine as Russian territory, Semafor reported.
Negotiators have already discussed 'Distributing certain assets' to end the three -year -old war, Trump said on Sunday at Air Force One.
Part of the old Soviet Union, Crimea was recognized as part of Ukraine when that country was formed in 1991.
But Putin has long seen Crimea as the territory of his country.
In 2014, the peninsula on the coast of the Black Sea was occupied by Russian troops and annexed by Moscow, but most countries recognize Crimea as Ukrainian territory.
Russia was driven out of the G8 – as known then – because of its aggressive actions to take the region. Many countries – including the United States – have also made economic sanctions on Moscow for the move.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has his own conditions for peace
A Ukrainian soldier in the Kharkiv region – The war with Russia has been going on for three years
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zensky is strong against any territorial concessions and European allies can support him.
He said that Putin cannot be trusted.
In anticipation of their conversation, Trump said he was planning to discuss land and power plants with Putin.
“We will talk about land. A lot of land is very different than before the war, as you know. We will talk about land, we will talk about power plants, that's a big question, “he said.
The power plant in question is the Zaporizhia -core center in southern Ukraine.
The nuclear power plant with six reactor is the largest in Europe. Russia grabbed control early in the war and still has it in their possession.
Since its conquest, the factory has not supplied electricity to the roster of Ukraine. But the proximity of front line has expressed concern about the risk of a radiological disaster.
And the Ukrainians want it back.
As part of the conversations, Russia also wants to reassure Ukraine will not become a member of NATO.
And Moscow has rejected every attempt by Western countries to place troops in Ukraine, even after a peace agreement, as a peace enforcement.
For his part, Zensky has accused Putin of dragging his feet. But his team has also warned that Ukraine will not close for any price.
However, the White House remained optimistic.
“We have never been closer to a peace agreement than we are at the moment,” Leavitt told reporters on Monday. “The president is, as you know, determined to do one.”
