Russia-ukraine war: A long conversation between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin ended on Tuesday (18 March 2025). During this time, along with the ceasefire agreement, other issues were also discussed. Kremlin said Russian President Putin agreed to Trump’s proposal, asking Russia and Ukraine to stop attacking each other’s energy infrastructure for 30 days.
America’s proposal for ceasefire discussion
It was said on behalf of Russia that the two leaders had detailed talks about Ukraine over the phone, in which the two leaders expressed their views. According to the statement, Putin said, “The solution to war should be long, in which Russia’s own safety interests and the root causes of war should be taken into consideration. The two leaders discussed the US proposal for a 30 -day ceasefire, on which Ukraine agreed last week.”
‘Ukraine should be banned from giving weapons’
Kremlin said that Putin raised many issues including monitoring such a ceasefire and once again on behalf of Ukraine. It was emphasized that the main condition for stopping the war and working towards its solution in political-physical methods should be that foreign military assistance should be completely discontinued. Russia has said that it will hand over 23 seriously injured Ukrainian soldiers to Kiev as a sign of goodwill. Putin has told Trump that the war between Russia and Ukraine will be the exchange of prisoners.
White House released a statement
After Trump and Putin’s conversation, the White House also released the statement. It was reported by the White House, Trump-Putin talked about the need for peace and ceasefire in the Ukraine war. The two leaders have agreed that this struggle needs to be abolished with permanent peace. He also emphasized the need for better bilateral relations between the United States and Russia. The blood and money that Ukraine and Russia have spent in this war will be better to spend on the needs of their people. “
What issues Trump-Putin agreed on
It was said by the White House, “This struggle should never have started and it should have been abolished with honesty and goodwill peace efforts long ago. The leaders have agreed that the agitation towards peace and the ceasefire of energy and infrastructure as well as the ceasefire in Black C, the maritime ceasefire, full ceasefire and implementation will begin with technical negotiations on the implementation of peace and peristation will begin with technical negotiations. It was agreed that there will be great benefit in the future of better bilateral relations between the US and Russia.