Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on a proposal from U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Russia and Ukraine said after a lengthy telephone discussion between leaders that Russia and Ukraine stopped attacking each other’s energy infrastructure for 30 days.
According to White House readers, the two countries plan to start negotiations in the Middle East with a maritime ceasefire.
“The leaders agreed that the peace movement will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire, as well as technical negotiations on the implementation of a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, full ceasefire and permanent peace,” the reader said.
Trump has been urging Putin to agree that Ukraine has accepted a 30-day ceasefire backed by the United States as it has accepted part of Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II to move towards a permanent peace deal. The war has killed or injured hundreds of thousands of people, displaced, millions, and the entire town has turned into rubble.
Putin’s troops invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and said last week that he primarily supported Washington’s truce proposal, but his troops will continue to fight until several key conditions are laid out.
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