Trump and Putin to discuss the suggested Ukraine ceasefire this week Russia-Ukraine, news war

Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski accepted the plan, but Russia has not yet adhered to Indian.

Special Envoy Steve Whittov said that US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin The ceasefire proposal in the United States With Ukraine.

“The presidents will have a really good and positive discussion this week,” Whitcouf said in an interview with CNN.

Earlier, Moscow said that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. The husband discussed the “concrete aspects of the implementation of understandings” at the United States summit Russia in Saudi Arabia last month.

The Riyadh gathering was in February the first high -level meeting between the United States and Russia since Moscow launched its invasion in February 2022.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said, “Sergey Lavrov and Marco Rubio agreed to stay in touch.”

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tami Bruce said on Saturday that the couple “discussed the following steps” on Ukraine. She also said that Rubio and Lavrov “agreed to continue working to restore communication between the United States and Russia.”

Exchanges come at a time when Washington has prompted this week an immediate proposal for 30 days after talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. While Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski accepted the plan, Putin has not yet committed a ceasefire. Although he agrees in principle, he indicated that there are “dangerous questions” for Russia to treat.

Zelinski accused the Kremlin of not wanting to end the war and warned that Moscow first wanted to “improve its position in the battlefield” before approving any ceasefire.

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In his reaction to the ceasefire earlier this week, Putin said that the initiative would be useful in the first place, Ukraine, not the Russian forces, which he said was “progressing” in many areas.

The proposal came at a time when Russia, which occupies areas of southern and eastern Ukraine, was momentum in some front regions.

The Ukrainian forces removed parts of the Kursk region, where Kiev hopes to adhere to the Russian territories as a possible lever in future negotiations.

Putin said he wanted to discuss Moscow’s concerns with Trump in a phone call.

Zelinski said that by not agreeing to the ceasefire, Putin was passing against Trump – who made needs towards Russia – and accused Moscow of trying to find ways to not end the war. Putin accused “lying about how to stop the shooting is very complicated.”

Ukraine said on Sunday that one person was killed by a Russian drone attack on the city of IZYUM, in the Kharkiv region, which fell to Russia at the beginning of its Ukrainian invasion before it was restored by the Kiev forces.