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American president Donald Trump had a telephone interview on Tuesday with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin on a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the war with Ukraine, the White House announced.
The telephone conversation that started at 10:00 am Washington (2:00 p.m. GMT), comes a week after Ukraine accepted the American proposal for a total ceasefire.
The two leaders were maintained by phone on Tuesday at 10 am in Washington, said the deputy chief of staff of the White House, Dan Scavino, in a message published on the social network X. “The call is going well and is still underway,” he added at the start of the interview.
The Russian president previously stated a series of conditions and “clarification requests” which he wishes to be satisfied and obtain answers before agreeing to end the fighting. According to Bloomberg, Vladimir Putin notably demands the suspension of all arms deliveries to Ukraine during the cease-fire duration proposed by the American president. Putin has made the end of weapons deliveries a prerequisite for the signing of the ceasefire, and the minimum objective is stopping American aid, according to sources close to the negotiations, reports the daily. The United Kingdom and the European Union are working to provide new military aid to kyiv as soon as possible, while the Ukrainian authorities are concerned about the Russian attempts to match the American cease-fire proposal.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke with Trump before the US leader’s interview with Putin. Starmer told the White House tenant that Ukraine was to be placed in the “as strongest position” in order to guarantee a “fair and lasting peace,” said his spokesperson.
The United States and Ukraine announced a ceasefire plan last week after talks in Saudi Arabia. The Trump administration has also announced the lifting of the interruption, for almost a week, of arms deliveries and information sharing, imposed to force kyiv to accept diplomatic efforts to put an end to the conflict.
