The Russian leader agreed to an immediate pause in strikes against energy infrastructure but stopped short of backing a broader 30-day pause in fighting.

Trump & his Putin agreed to a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war with a pause on attacks on energy and infrastructure and to begin negotiations

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the Ukraine war on Tuesday (Mar 18) in a phone call which Washington hoped would convince Moscow to accept

There is hope from some that peace is in reach, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky remains sceptical

Trump and Putin have concluded a more than hour-long call as the White House pushes its 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine aimed at ending war.

Donald Trump apparently left one big point out of the readout of his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he would back any proposal that leads to a "stable and just peace".

President Vladimir Putin has rejected an immediate and full ceasefire in Ukraine, agreeing only to halt attacks on energy infrastructure, following a call with President Donald Trump. The Russian leader declined to sign up to the comprehensive month-long ceasefire that Trump's team recently worked out with Ukrainians in Saudi Arabia. He said a comprehensive truce could only work if foreign military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine came to an end. Ukraine's European allies have previously rejected such conditions. The US and Russian leaders did agree that further peace talks would take place immediately in the Middle East, but the results of the call amount to a retreat in the Trump administration's position from where it stood a week ago. When a US delegation met Ukrainian counterparts in Jeddah last Tuesday, they convinced Kyiv to agree to their proposal for an "immediate" 30-day ceasefire, across land, air and sea. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine was receptive to the idea of a truce covering…

WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (Mar 18) in an attempt to convince his counterpart to accept a ceasefire in Russia's war with Ukraine

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call Tuesday to an immediate pause in strikes against energy and infrastructure targets in the Ukraine war, but the Russian leader stopped short of backing a broader 30-day pause in fighting that the U.S. administration is pressing for.

The two world leaders began the highly anticipated call as the US administration is looking to persuade the Russian leader to sign-off on the ceasefire proposal to end the war in Ukraine.

MOSCOW | TASS |  Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump are expected to discuss the normalization of Russian-US relations and the situation in Ukraine during their telephone conversation this afternoon, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “Certain discussions [between Moscow and Washington] have already taken place. [US special envoy Steve] Witkoff …

The development emerged from a 90-minute phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Putin, held on Tuesday afternoon local time. While the agreement

March 18 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in a roughly 90-minute phone call late Tuesday morning that might lead to ending the war in Ukraine.

After telephonic interaction with Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to a 30-day halt on strikes targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure. The two leader also agreed upon the fresh Ukraine peace talks starting immediately.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call Tuesday to an immediate pause in strikes against energy infrastructure in the Ukraine war, but the Russian leader stopped short of backing a broader 30-day pause in fighting that the U.S. administration is pressing for. The White House described it as the first step…

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed Tuesday on a halt in Russian attacks against Ukrainian energy targets -- but fell far short of securing a full ceasefire in a highly anticipated phone call. The US and Russian leaders spoke for more than an hour and a half and both expressed hopes for repairing relations between the countries. In Kyiv, air defence systems, sirens are sounding after the call. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris-Trent reports from Odesa.

During the call, Putin called for the complete cessation of foreign military assistance and the provision of intelligence” to Ukraine.

The United States has expressed optimism that a ceasefire agreement between Ukraine and Russia could be reached in the coming weeks, as Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are expected to...