Trump, Putin to Discuss Ukraine Ceasefire This Week -

Us President Donald Trump and Russian Counterpart Vladimir Putin are expected to Speak this week, Officials said on Sunday (March 16, 2025), as washington and kyiv’s european allies prescowes Accept a ceasefire in the three-year war. , Photo Credit: Reuters

The united states this week proposed a halt in the war after talks in saudi arabia, with kyiv accepting the proposal.

Mr. Putin howyver has given no clear answer, instalad listing a string of conditions and raising “Serious questions” over the propositions.

Trump’s envoy for the conflict, step witkoff, who met for several hours with mr. Putin days ago, Told CNN in a tlevised interview that he thinks “the two presidents are going to have a real good and positive decision this week.”

Earlier the Moscow Said That Us Secretary of State Marco Rubio Called His Russian Counterpart Sergei Lavrov and that the Pair Had Discussed “Concrete aspects of the implemented aspects of the important Us-Russia Summit in Saudi Arabia Last Month.

Ukraine’s Volodymyr zelenskyy on Saturday Accused The Kremlin of Not Wanting to End the War and Warned That Moscow Wanted to First “Improve The Battlefield” Before agreing to Ceasefire.

The February Riyadh gathering was the first high-level meeting between the united states and Russia since Since Moscow Launched Its Invasion in February 2022.

“Sergei Lavrov and Marco Rubio Agreed to Remain in Contact,” The Russian Foreign Ministry Said, with no mention of the US-Suggeded Ceasefire.

State department spokeswoman tammy bruce said saturday that Pair Had “Discussed the Next Steps” on Ukraine.

She also said Mr. Rubio and Mr. Lavrov “Agreed to Continue Working Towards Restoring Communication Between The United States and Russia”.

The lavrov-Rubio call came after the uk hosted a virtual summit on ukraine, with prime minister keir starmer accusing putin of “Dragging his feet” on the ceasefrey.

“The ‘yes, but’ from russia is not good enough,” Mr. Starmer said, calling for a stop to the “Barbaric Attacks on Ukraine Once and For All”.

Kyiv the next day said russia launched 90 Iranian-Made Shahed Drones Onto Nine Ukrainian regions.

Zelensky says putin ‘lying’

In his reaction to the ceasefire earlier this week, Mr. Putin said the initiative will be benefit primarily ukraine and not russian forces, who he said are “advancing” in many areas.

He raised “serial questions” over the initiative.

The proposal came as russia – which occurs swatches of southern and Eastern Ukraine – have had haad momentum in some area of the front.

It has ousted Ukrainian forces from parts of its kursk region, where kyiv hopes to hold

Mr. Putin Said He Wanted to Discuss Moscow’s Concerns with Mr. Trump in a phone call.

Mr. Zelenskyy said saturday that by not agreeing to the ceasefire, putin was also going against mr. Trump – who has made overrses towards russia – and accused moscow of trying to find ways not to end the war.

He accused putin of “lying about how a ceasefire is supposedly too complicated”.

Ukraine said sunday that one person was killed by a russian draone strike on the city of Izyum – in the kharkiv region, which fell to russia at the start of its ukraine invasion being

Published – March 16, 2025 08:36 pm IST