Washington D.C. – President Donald Trump said that Russia and Ukraine “will immediately negotiate a ceasefire” after he held a more-than-two-hour phone conversation with Ukrainian President Vladimir Putin.
The sudden proclamation was accompanied by Trump, who spoke on one of his multiple diplomatic calls to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders, trying to energize the resolution of long-standing conflict.
During a press conference after the phone call with President Putin, who Trump characterized as “excellent” and “very good,” Trump told Twitter that “the details of a peace settlement will of course be negotiated directly between Moscow and Kyiv”. In a later call with President Zelenskyy, he made it known to him that, so far as I am concerned is happening. Trump spoke cautiously on optimism for resolution at all, compared to the Moscow and Kyiv reassurances that a definitive cease-fire deal was many complicated steps away.
While affirming that ‘the call with President Trump was an ‘informative and very frank’ one Russian President stressed the readiness to cooperate with Ukraine regarding a ‘peace memorandum on possible future settlement’, Putin stressed that any settlement must be able to act on “the root causes” of crisis — a demand long-standing in Moscow.
Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy, after a call with Trump, said Kyiv was still prepared for a “total, complete ceasefire,” but warned “the same mirroring readiness is necessary from Moscow” and urged the international community to keep applying pressure on Moscow if it refuses.
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Washington’s diplomatic push comes on the heels of recent direct talks between Russian and Ukrainian representatives in Turkey that ended in a prisoner swap but not a ceasefire with Russia. Fighting has stopped currently after Trump, who has criticized the peace process for his own personal relations with Putin, has positioned himself as a central mediator. There were mixed responses from European allies to the announcement, in which nations were still emphasizing the need for a continued US role, but pushing for tougher sanctions against Russia as well. After the recent diplomatic push, the way to lasting peace is anything but smooth.
