President Donald Trump said he foresees a ‘very good chance’ of reaching a cease-fire deal with Russia.
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to discuss a cease-fire deal that will end the war in Ukraine.
“I’ll be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “A lot of work’s been done over the weekend. We want to see if we can bring that war to an end.”
Trump said he foresees a “very good chance” of reaching a cease-fire deal with Russia. When asked about his expectations regarding Russia’s potential concessions in the peace deal, Trump said that discussions would involve land and power plants.
“We will be talking about land. We will be talking about power plants,” he said. “I think we have a lot of it already discussed by both sides, Ukraine and Russia. We’re already talking about that, dividing up certain assets.”
Ukraine has agreed to enter into a 30-day cease-fire with Russia following March 11 talks between Ukrainian and U.S. officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The United States has, in turn, resumed weapons supplies and intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
Putin has expressed support