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Trump says ‘good chance’ of Ukraine ceasefire while Russia has caveats

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a bilateral meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace, March 13, 2025, in Moscow, Russia.

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US President Donald Trump On Friday, Friday praised the “very good opportunity” of Russia and Ukraine, which struck the ceasefire led by Washington for 30 days, after the Kremlin supported the “idea” of the armistice with warnings.

“We have had good and fruitful discussions with President Vladimir Putin from Russia yesterday, and there is a very good opportunity because this terrible and bloody war can end,” Trump said in the social media platform in fact, in a possible reference to the Moscow meeting, Steve Whitchov, with the leader of Karimin.

This participation came after it seemed that the Russian president on Thursday was heating a ceasefire proposal in the United States that Ukraine had already supported.

The idea [of a ceasefire] “It itself is correct and we are definitely supporting it, but there are issues that need to be discussed,” Putin said on Thursday.

Putin expressed fears that a temporary truce would cut the Kiev forces to “provide weapons” or “training newly packed units” and asked how to implement the ceasefire.

Trump, who renewed Washington’s relationship with Moscow since the beginning of January of his post in office, said on Thursday that Kiev and the White House have discussed elements of an agreement, including regional concessions, and the fate of the power plant that has not been named-is more likely that Russia’s NATO Zaporesia.

“Now we will see whether Russia is present or not, and if not, it will be a very disappointing moment for the world,” Trump said. “[Putin] A very promising statement, but it was incomplete. And yes, I would like to meet him or talk to him. “

Ukraine agrees with the US -led ceasefire plan if Russia accepts

“We have some cautious optimism,” US National Security Adviser Mike Valz said in a Fox News television interview. “Of course, both sides will have their demands, and of course, both sides will have to make some settlements, and the diplomacy of shutdown to go back and forth.”

The Kremlin kept a cautious tone on Friday, despite Thursday’s developments.

“There are definitely reasons for optimism with caution,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

“[Putin] He said he supports President Trump’s position in terms of settlement, but he expressed some questions that must be answered together, according to Reuters, “So, yes, in fact, there is still a lot to do, but nevertheless, the President expressed his solidarity with Mr. Trump’s position.”

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski criticized the Russian response on Friday:

“Now the world sees how Russia deliberately puts the circumstances that are held only and delay everything, because Russia is the only entity that wants to end the war and diplomacy,” he said in one of the only money that wants to collapse war and diplomacy. Post Telegram.

“The hostage suggestion for a ceasefire”

The ceasefire draft in the United States and the United States is a penetration of a three -year conflict, which continued with the drone attacks overnight on both sides. Ukrainian and Russian Officials. The proposal also resets relations in the United States-Russia-Ukraine triangle, after the White House clash in late February between Trump and Zelinski and Temporary interruption for American military assistance Kyiv seems to be a deeper pushing Washington in the Kremlin orbit.

It is now Putin who must be taken lightly with Trump, who has made the end of the Russian war-Ukraine war-and a review of the financial contributions of the United States towards it-a priority since he took office.

However, some analysts wonder about the fate of the ceasefire agreement, which follows the previous unsuccessful peace plans from Zelenskyy and China.

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“Putin reserves the ceasefire as a hostage and is trying to extract preventive concessions before official negotiations to end the war,” said the institute of war studying in the analysis, and still seeks to achieve long -term goals from or Oilon.

He added: “The perceived Putin’s ceasefire would give Russia to largely incompatible advantages and specific conditions for the Kremlin to renew hostilities on very favorable conditions for Russia.”

Moscow conditions are very slope to start peace negotiations, It was placed in June last yearIt included the full military withdrawal of Ukraine from the Ukrainian lands occupied by Russian in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaburizvia and Khairoun, in addition to abandoning Kiev from her plans to join his military neighbor in 2022.

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2025-03-14 18:22:00

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