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It is time for Russia to show whether it really wants peace,
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said ahead of the call Just some breaking lines coming out of the Kremlin about this phone call. Trump and Putin discussed Ukraine and the two men have decided to stay in contact. There is an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to swap prisoners of war (POW) on either side. Vladimir Putin reaffirms commitment to peaceful resolution of the conflict."
That pain is coming anyway and I think we gave up our leverage.”
It’s the most intense public conflict between Trump and Roberts since 2018,
and it ... it follows Trump’s call this morning for federal judge James Boasberg to be impeached because he had temporarily blocked a Trump order Vladimir Putin said that, on March 19, the Russian and Ukrainian sides would exchange prisoners – 175 for 175 people,
the Kremlin said, in a readout of the call Vladimir Putin responded positively and immediately gave the Russian military a corresponding command,
These negotiations will begin immediately in the Middle East,
the White House said in a statement, also citing a "huge upside" for economic and geopolitical goals if Russia and the United States improve their relations The Russian side has outlined a number of essential points concerning effective control over a possible ceasefire along the entire contact line and the need to halt both forced mobilisation in Ukraine and the rearmament of the Ukrainian armed forces,
We can work a peace agreement, a ceasefire and peace and I think we'll be able to do it,
They further discussed the need to stop proliferation of strategic weapons and will engage with others to ensure the broadest possible application."
It was emphasized that the key condition for preventing the escalation of the conflict and working towards its resolution by political and diplomatic means should be a complete cessation of foreign military assistance and the provision of intelligence information to Kyiv,
The leaders agreed that the movement to peace will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire, as well as technical negotiations on implementation of a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, full ceasefire and permanent peace,
a White House readout of the call said The two leaders agreed that a future with an improved bilateral relationship between the United States and Russia has huge upside. This includes enormous economic deals and geopolitical stability when peace has been achieved,