White House Says Putin And Trump Agreed to Partial Ceasefire In Ukraine

CNN White House correspondent Jeff Zeleny reported on Tuesday on the readout of the call between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, which effectively announced a quasi-ceasefire in Ukraine.

“We have a readout from the White House of the call between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which is obviously a very consequential call as they’re looking to, as the White House is looking to end the war in Ukraine,” began anchor Brianna Keilar.

“Let’s go to CNN’s Jeff Zeleny, who is live with us from the White House. Tell us what you’re learning. We also should note what this readout does not include, Jeff, and also that we are any information from the Kremlin, which could be different to see what they emphasize,” Keilar added.

“That’s right, Brianna. We are learning some significant details from that telephone call this morning, which spanned nearly two hours between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. And one thing we are learning is a ceasefire for energy and infrastructure points is part of this,” Zeleny said, adding:

Let me read this with you. It said that ‘both leaders agreed to the need to end with a lasting peace.’ They said the two leaders agreed that a future with an improved bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Russia has a huge upside. This includes enormous economic deals and geopolitical stability when peace has been achieved.

But immediately it seems to be that negotiations for a ceasefire will begin between these two leaders and perhaps Ukraine as well. That, of course, is a central question in the Middle East. It says the leaders agreed the movement to peace will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire, as well as technical negotiations on implementations of a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea.

So moving toward discussions of negotiations in the Middle East, of course, that’s where these discussions have been held in Saudi Arabia with the leaders of all countries having conversations and really something of a shuttle diplomacy, if you will, but that is one of the headlines here that they are moving towards a ceasefire. It also seems to me that there is some conversation, at least in the Kremlin readout, of a prisoner exchange. So we’ll be learning more about that.

But at least for the past week or so, Vladimir Putin has been skeptical about a ceasefire, putting up several questions and roadblocks and things. It seems like moving slightly closer to that. However, they’re talking about negotiations, which would lead to that. So it seems like another round of meetings in the Middle East before a full ceasefire could begin. But a temporary ceasefire of 30 days seems like where this is headed. But we will certainly keep reporting and bring you more information, Brianna.

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