OAN Staff James Meyers
8:32am – Monday, March 17th, 2025
President Donald Trump said he will speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to end the war in Ukraine.
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“I think we're doing pretty well together with Russia,” he told reporters on air force 1 on Sunday evening. “Check if there's something to be announced on Tuesday.”
Trump also said “a lot of work was done over the weekend.”
“We want to see if we can end that war.”
Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov also confirmed the call between leaders on Tuesday, but did not provide details on “not ahead of the event.” Associated Press.
Meanwhile, the scheduled call comes a week after delegates from the US and Ukraine met in Saudi Arabia, and announced a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire. Putin accepted the idea of a ceasefire in principle, but he said he did not commit to the deal and needed more discussion.
“The idea itself is correct and we certainly support it,” Putin said at a press conference in Moscow last week. “But there are issues that need to be discussed and I think we need to discuss them with our American colleagues and partners.”
Additionally, President Trump's envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff met with Putin last week.
“We made a lot of progress in that meeting,” Witkoff said.Face Margaret Brennan and the People” Sunday. “We talked about a lot of details, but point to the huge gap that existed between Ukraine and Russia before taking office, and where we are today. In my opinion, we narrowed the issues between these parties and made a lot of progress.”
Witkov also said he expects the call between President Trump and Putin to be productive.
“I think this will be a very positive and constructive call between the two men and between the two presidents,” Witkoff told Brennan.
Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky met with Trump at the White House last month. As a result, Zelensky left Washington and said there was nothing to negotiate with Zelensky, and nothing happened.
Since Fallout, Zelensky has been trying to repair his tie as the US and Ukraine agreed to a 30-day ceasefire plan.
Meanwhile, although Russia has not yet said whether it will accept the deal, Witkov said his argument was “positive.”
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