Name: Trump Holds Phone Call With Putin to Discuss Cease-Fire
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Description: President Donald Trump is speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a 30-day cease-fire proposal to pave the way for a possible end to the Ukraine war.

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President Donald Trump is speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a 30-day cease-fire proposal to pave the way for a possible end to the Ukraine war.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino said on Tuesday that the phone call started at 10 a.m. ET.

"The call is going well, and still in progress," Scavino <a href="https://x.com/Scavino47/status/1902010827781165078" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">wrote</a> in a post on social media platform X.

Ahead of the call, Trump on Monday said Russia would agree to a 30-day cease-fire in its war with Ukraine and that "many elements" have been agreed to.

A reporter asked the president about Ukraine's already-agreed-to 30-day cease-fire and enquired if Russia would agree to it as well.

“They would,” Trump said as he left the Kennedy Center in Washington. The president was at the cultural events center during his first tour since becoming its chairman in February.

On the same day, Trump said he looked forward to his talks with Putin on Tuesday.

“Tomorrow morning I will be speaking to President Putin concerning the War in Ukraine. Many elements of a Final Agreement have been agreed to, but much remains,” Trump said via his <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114180129350673750" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Truth Social</a> platform.

“Thousands of young soldiers, and others, are being killed. Each week brings 2,500 soldier deaths, from both sides, and it must end NOW. I look very much forward to the call with President Putin."

Trump had earlier confirmed over the weekend that the leaders plan on discussing a cease-fire between Ukraine and Russia.

“A lot of work’s been done over the weekend. We want to see if we can bring that war to an end,” the president <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/trump-says-he-will-discuss-cease-fire-with-putin-on-tuesday-5826690">told reporters </a>aboard Air Force One on Sunday.

Trump said on Sunday the talks would involve land and power plants, adding that they have already discussed dividing assets between the two countries.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also told reporters on Monday that talks will cover some land and other assets.

“There's a power plant that is on the border of Russia and Ukraine that was up for discussion with the Ukrainians, and he will address it in his call with Putin tomorrow,” Leavitt said.

Ukraine has agreed to a 30-day cease-fire with Russia following March 11 talks between Ukrainian and U.S. officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met with Putin in Moscow to discuss cease-fire terms on Thursday. Witkoff said he wouldn’t disclose Russia’s terms for a ceasefire but told CNN in an <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/16/politics/video/putin-meeting-trump-envoy-steve-witkoff-russia-ukraine-war-sotu-digvid">interview</a> on Sunday that he and Putin had a positive and solution-based discussion.

Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Alexander Grushko, said on Monday that Moscow wants guarantees that NATO will not accept Kyiv’s membership in the security alliance.

“We will demand that ironclad security guarantees become part of this agreement,” Grushko told Russian media outlet Izvestia. “Part of these guarantees should be the neutral status of Ukraine, the refusal of NATO countries to accept it into the alliance.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had previously insisted that any peace deal must include security guarantees to ensure Ukraine's ability to defend itself against potential future Russian attacks.

<em>Aldgra Fredly contributed to this report.</em>

<em>From <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-says-many-elements-agreed-to-ahead-of-cease-fire-call-with-putin-5827332">The Epoch Times</a></em>

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