President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin seen in a composite of pictures.
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MOSCOW and KYIV — President Trump will converse with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday because the U.S. pursues a ceasefire deal in Ukraine. White Home officers say they’re cautiously optimistic a couple of proposal that will cease the combating between Russia and Ukraine for 30 days.
The decision will comply with weeks of intense dialogue about finish Russia’s battle on Ukraine, together with separate talks between the Trump administration and Russian and Ukrainian officers. It comes greater than three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Final week, Ukraine’s authorities agreed to the U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in talks in Saudi Arabia. However at the same time as Trump’s particular envoy visited Moscow to debate it, Putin raised issues in regards to the plan.
Listed below are the positions of Russia and Ukraine going into the telephone name between Putin and Trump.
What did Putin say in regards to the ceasefire plan?
Putin has praised Trump’s efforts to finish the battle in Ukraine and stated he agreed in precept with the U.S. ceasefire proposal. But the Kremlin chief additionally stated he had “questions” and there have been “nuances” that required additional dialogue earlier than an settlement could possibly be reached.
Putin stated he would want ensures Ukraine wouldn’t use the pause in combating to resupply its forces or squirrel out Ukrainian fighters to keep away from seize by the Russians. Putin steered that Ukraine had signed onto the U.S. proposal merely as a strategy to stall latest Russian battlefield progress.
Putin additionally questioned who would monitor the deal throughout the entrance line, in addition to what penalties could be for violating its phrases. Russian officers have repeatedly rejected the concept of a peacekeeping contingent from NATO-aligned nations.
Putin met final week with White Home envoy Steve Witkoff to debate the proposal behind closed doorways in Moscow. In accordance with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Putin handed on “signals” for Witkoff to ship on to Trump. He didn’t disclose what they had been.
What are Putin’s core calls for?
Putin has stated he favors a long-term answer that addresses “the root causes of the conflict.”
Listed below are a few of the major calls for Putin has lengthy expressed:
- No NATO membership for Ukraine
- Finish worldwide sanctions towards Russia
- Ukraine, and its allies, acknowledge territory Russia has claimed to annex from Ukraine over the previous decade as a part of Russia. That features the Crimean Peninsula, seized by Russia in 2014, and 4 different Ukrainian areas (Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson), that Russia has partially managed since its invasion in 2022.
- Ukraine shrinks the scale of its army
- Ukraine pulls troops away from areas underneath Russian management
What does Ukraine need?
Ukraine already agreed to a 30-day ceasefire, if Russia indicators on too, so {that a} longer peace deal will be mentioned. The ceasefire would come with a cessation of all army actions — missiles, drones and bombs fired from land, sea and air.
Ukraine desires an trade of prisoners and a return of the hundreds of youngsters it says Russia has illegally taken.
Andriy Yermak, an aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stated on Monday that Ukraine desires peace greater than anybody. “But we cannot accept peace at any price,” he stated. “We will not make any compromises that are not supported by Ukrainian society.”
Ukrainians help a ceasefire however need safety ensures to forestall one other invasion, he stated.
However he stated there are purple traces Ukraine refuses to cross: It is going to by no means acknowledge occupied territories as a part of Russia, it will not cut back its military measurement and it will not grow to be a impartial state.
In a speech Sunday, Zelenskyy accused Putin of dragging out the ceasefire negotiations so Russian forces may advance on the battlefield. Zelenskyy accused Russia of “stealing” one other week of battle since Ukraine and the U.S. signed off on the deal.
