Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered his troops to comply with a 30-day ceasefire of Ukrainian energy infrastructure, but he did not extend the temporary ceasefire to aggressive frontlines and civilians.
“The blood and treasures that both Ukraine and Russia have spent on this war will cost more on the needs of their people,” the White House said in a release following a roughly 90-minute call between President Putin and President Donald Trump. “Leaders agreed that the move to peace begins with energy and infrastructure ceasefires and technical negotiations on the implementation of a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, a complete ceasefire and a permanent peace implementation.”
Reports leading up to the call suggested that Trump intended to push Putin to agree to an unconditional ceasefire.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was holding a meeting with members of the Security Council on Monday, May 13, 2024 through a video conference in the Russian Kremlin. (Photos of Aleksey Babushkin, Sputnik, Kremlin pool)
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Following the phone call, Trump posted The true society It said, “My phone conversation with Russian President Putin today was very good and productive. We agreed to an immediate ceasefire of all energy and infrastructure. And we realized that we would work quickly to end the complete ceasefire and ultimately to end the end of this very horrifying war between Russia and Ukraine.” “That process is now fully power and effective. We hope that we can get the job done for humanity!”
Ukraine agreed to immediately start a ceasefire with the Russian deal last week, but Zelensky once again expressed skepticism Monday night about whether Putin was actually interested in ending the war.
“Now, almost a week later, it's clear to everyone in the world, even those who have refused to admit the truth for the past three years.
Similarly, on Tuesday, Ukrainian lawmakers who wanted to remain anonymous noted that the agreement to stop Ukraine's energy infrastructure two days before the first day of spring is not necessarily a sign that Putin is interested in peace.
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“Is that 30-day ceasefire for energy infrastructure when winter is over?,” the MP told Fox News Digital, highlighting Russia's three-year winter strategy targeting Ukraine's energy sector.
Zelenskyy's office did not respond immediately to questions from Fox News Digital, so NATO and EU officials refrained from responding immediately to the day's talk.
“The Russian reading is a typical diplomatic talk by the Kremlin, with lots of fluff. Putin stops strikes against Ukraine's critical infrastructure,” said Rebekah Koffler, author of Putin's Playbook. “However, the key point is the “mutual denial of parties to the conflict” to attack these facilities.
“I do not rule out the possibility that Russia would violate this commitment and claim that Ukrainians did it first,” she added. “But at least on the surface, it looks positive.”
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Putin also appears to have agreed to a swap of a 175-year-old repairman with Ukraine, and 23 “seriously injured” Ukrainian soldiers currently undergoing treatment at a Russian hospital will be returned to Ukraine with “good-intentional gestures.”
Russian leaders also said that following Trump's “life-saving appeal” of Ukrainian military forces, which was stuck in the Kursk region, he was “guided by humanitarian considerations” and would allow them to surrender and “provide appropriate treatment to the soldiers.”
