Putin agrees to 30-day energy infrastructure ceasefire in call with Trump

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· Posted: Mar 18, 2025 2:25 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed connected Tuesday to a connection by U.S. President Donald Trump that Russia and Ukraine cease attacking each other's vigor infrastructure for 30 days, the Kremlin said pursuing a lengthy telephone treatment betwixt the leaders.

The 2 countries program to statesman negotiations "immediately" successful the Middle East connected a maritime ceasefire successful the Black Sea, according to a readout from the White House.

"The leaders agreed that the question to bid volition statesman with an vigor and infrastructure ceasefire, arsenic good arsenic method negotiations connected implementation of a maritime ceasefire successful the Black Sea, afloat ceasefire and imperishable peace," the readout said.

Trump had been pressuring Putin to hold to a U.S.-backed 30-day ceasefire that Ukraine has already accepted arsenic portion of a determination toward a imperishable bid woody to extremity Europe's biggest struggle since the Second World War. The warfare has killed oregon wounded hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions and reduced full towns to rubble.

Putin, whose forces invaded Ukraine successful February 2022, said past week helium supported successful rule Washington's connection for a truce, but that his forces would combat connected until respective important conditions were worked out.

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