Tuesday 18 / March / 2025
Washington DC: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call that Russia and Ukraine stop attacking each other's energy infrastructure for 30 days and gave the Russian military an order to do so.
The Kremlin also said in a statement that the two leaders discussed a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire, to which Ukraine agreed last week.
According to the Kremlin said Putin had raised "significant points" about monitoring such a truce and preventing it from being used by Ukraine to mobilize more soldiers and rearm itself.
"It was emphasized that the key condition for preventing the escalation of the conflict and working towards its resolution by political and diplomatic means should be a complete cessation of foreign military assistance and the provision of intelligence information to Kyiv," the Kremlin said.
Meanwhile, the White House said that Trump and Putin agreed that the war between Russia and Ukraine needs to end with a "lasting peace" and that talks to achieve that goal will begin immediately.
"The leaders agreed that the movement to peace will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire, as well as technical negotiations on implementation of a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, full ceasefire and permanent peace," the White House said in a statement about the call. "These negotiations will begin immediately in the Middle East."
