Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to comply on Tuesday 30-day ceasefire Regarding Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, but he did not extend the temporary truce to the proactive frontline or civilian population.
“The blood and treasure Ukraine and Russia spend in this war will be better spent on the needs of their people,” the White House said in a news report after a call about 90 minutes between Putin and the president. Donald Trump. “The leaders agreed that the peace movement will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire and technical negotiations on maritime ceasefires in the Black Sea, full ceasefires and permanent peace.”
Reports after the call indicate Trump intends to push Putin Agree to an unconditional ceasefire because he refused to interact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy until the latter made it clear that he “wanted to achieve peace.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with members of the Security Council through a video conference held in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on Monday, May 13, 2024. (Photo of Aleksey Babushkin, Sputnik, Kremlin swimming pool)
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After the call, Trump released Truth Social That’s “My phone conversation with the Russian President today is a very good and productive person. We agree to stop all energy and infrastructure immediately to understand that we will work quickly to a complete ceasefire and ultimately end this very terrible war between Russia and Ukraine.” “This process is now full of strength and effectiveness, and hopefully for humanity, we will get the job done!”
Although Ukraine agreed to immediately start a ceasefire on Russia’s agreement last week, Zelenskyy once again expressed doubts about Putin’s interest in ending the war.
“Now, almost a week later, it’s obvious to everyone in the world, even to those who refuse to admit the truth about the past three years – this Putin continues To delay the war,” he said in his speech this Monday night.
Similarly, on Tuesday, a Ukrainian MP who hopes to remain anonymous pointed out that a deal to stop attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure two days before the first day of the spring does not necessarily mark Putin is interested in peace.
Ankara by Turkiye: August 12, 2024, infographic titled “Fires erupting in the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant”. (Photography by Yasin Demirci/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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“At the end of the winter, there was a 30-day ceasefire on the energy infrastructure, really?” the MP told Fox News Numbers, highlighting Russia’s three-year winter strategy for the Ukrainian energy sector.
Zelenskyy’s office did not immediately answer questions from Fox News Digital, and both NATO and EU officials immediately responded to the talks that day.
“Russian readers are typical diplomatic speeches from the Kremlin, with lots of fluff. The only tangible and important commitment Putin made is to stop strikes on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure. “The key, however, is to ‘mutually reject the attacks of the parties on the conflict’ to strike these facilities.
“I don’t rule out the possibility that Russia might violate this promise,” she added, claiming that the Ukrainians did it first. “But at least it seems positive on the surface.”
December 10: First aid service work is trapped under the ruins of a destroyed building after Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia on December 10, 2024. Preliminary reports indicate that a five-year-old girl, including four people, were killed and twenty injured. The attack destroyed a commercial center and damaged private clinics and high-rise buildings. Nearby educational institutions were also affected. (Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Guards/Handouts/Anadolu Photos by Getty Images)
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Putin also apparently agreed to have a 175 professional exchange with Ukraine, while 23 “seriously injured” Ukrainian soldiers are currently receiving treatment in Russian hospitals and will return to Ukraine to convene Ukraine with a “good intention gesture.”
The Russian leader also said that after Trump’s “life-saving call” and that he was “guided by humanitarian considerations” after the Ukrainian army was struggling in the Kursk region, he would allow their surrender and provide soldiers with “decent treatment” in existing international law under the UN Geneva International Convention.
