President Donald Trump described his practically two-hour telephone dialog with Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday on the White Home as “great” throughout an unique interview with “The Ingraham Angle.”
“[We] talked about a lot of things — toward getting it to peace, and we talked about other things also,” Trump stated, referring to Russia’s three-year battle in opposition to Ukraine.
Ukrainian officers agreed to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire earlier in March after a gathering with U.S. officers in Saudi Arabia.
From left, US Nationwide Safety Advisor Mike Waltz, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Saudi Arabian International Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi Nationwide Safety Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, Ukrainian International Minister Andrii Sybiha, and Ukrainian Head of Presidential Workplace Andriy Yermak maintain a gathering in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool Picture by way of AP)
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Putin didn’t instantly comply with an unconditional ceasefire, as a substitute asserting Tuesday after his telephone name with Trump that Moscow would halt strikes solely in opposition to Ukraine’s power infrastructure for 30 days.
Wall Avenue Journal chief international affairs correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov reported not even an hour after the Kremlin made the announcement {that a} Russia-guided bomb took out the facility within the Ukrainian metropolis of Slovyansk.
Air raid sirens have been additionally heard all through the nation as drones flew within the skies over a handful of cities, together with Kyiv, Sumy and Kharkiv.
Trump doubled down on his claims that the battle would by no means have began had he been president, telling Fox Information host Laura Ingraham it was “not a war that was supposed to happen.”
Residents stroll previous a generator supplying a retailer with electrical energy throughout an influence outage within the western Ukrainian metropolis of Lviv on December 13, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ((Picture by YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP by way of Getty Photographs))
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“And right now, you have a lot of guns pointing at each other, and a ceasefire without going a little bit further would have been tough. Russia has the advantage,” he stated.
“As you know, they have encircled about 2,500 soldiers. They are nicely encircled and that’s not good, and we want to get it over with. Look, we’re doing this. There are no Americans involved. There could be if we end up in World War III over this, which is so ridiculous — but, you know, strange things happen.”
The commander-in-chief seemed to be referring to a publish he made on his Reality Social account March 14 about Russian forces reportedly surrounding Ukrainian troopers within the Kursk area.
A person walks previous a wall adorned with banners honouring Russian servicemen collaborating in Russia’s army motion in Ukraine, in Kursk on October 17, 2024. ((Picture by ANDREY BORODULIN/AFP by way of Getty Photographs))
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied Trump’s claims, writing on X, previously Twitter: “There is no encirclement of our troops.”
The Normal Employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the primary physique chargeable for planning the nation’s protection, wrote on its Fb web page that the alleged “encirclement” is “false” and “fabricated by the Russians for political manipulation and to exert pressure on Ukraine and its partners.”
In accordance with a readout from the Kremlin after Putin’s name with Trump, Russia and Ukraine will conduct a prisoner change on Wednesday, buying and selling 175 folks from either side, as discussions to finish the battle proceed.
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The readout additionally famous that for a possible ceasefire throughout the whole frontline, mobilization and the rearmament of Ukraine “need to stop,” in addition to a “complete cessation” of international army assist and intelligence to Kyiv.
