Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to temporarily halt attacks on energy and infrastructure targets in Ukraine after a lengthy telephone call with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, the White House and Kremlin both said, even as Russia stopped short of signing off on a broader ceasefire to end the three-year-long conflict in Ukraine, APA reports citing CNN.
The two men’s conversation, their second since Trump entered office for his second term, appeared to stop short of convincing Putin to sign off on the 30-day truce that Trump has endorsed and Ukraine has agreed to. Instead, the White House said a narrower pause on hitting energy targets would go into place, while technical teams begin sorting out other areas in negotiations.
“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 its description of the call. It said the technical negotiations would begin “immediately” in the Middle East.
Trump said on Truth Social that his call with Putin was “good and productive.” He said they struck an understanding they would work “quickly” toward a “complete ceasefire.”
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