After the call, the Russian leader said that Russia would work with Ukraine on a memorandum about a future peace accord, opposed to Trump, who said Russia and Ukraine would “immediately start negotiations” toward a ceasefire.
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, had a two-hour-long call on Monday, which the American leader claimed “went very well” and said that Moscow has agreed to “immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire” with Ukraine. However, the Kremlin asserted that during the call, the two leaders had not discussed a timeline for a ceasefire, but that Trump had stressed his interest in reaching agreements quickly.
For President Trump, Monday’s call seemed like a major occasion, meant to ascertain Putin’s willingness to end the conflict in Ukraine. He previewed the call in all capital letters on social media, raising hopes for peace in Ukraine. For Putin, however, it seemed like a regular state affair for which he did not even clear his schedule. He squeezed in the call from a school for gifted children in Sochi.
After the call, the Russian leader said that Russia would work with Ukraine on a memorandum about a future peace accord, opposed to Trump, who said Russia and Ukraine would “immediately start negotiations” toward a ceasefire.
Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov later told reporters that Putin and Trump had not discussed a timeline for a ceasefire.
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